the continental congress voted to adopt the declaration of independence on july 2, 1776.
when did the continental congress vote to adopt the declaration of independence?
july 2 , 1776
the second continental congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 british colonies that joined in the american revolutionary war. it convened on may 10, 1775 in philadelphia, pennsylvania shortly after the battles of lexington and concord, succeeding the first continental congress which met in philadelphia from september 5 to october 26, 1774. the second congress functioned as a "de facto" national government at the outset of the revolutionary war by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treatises such as the declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms and the olive branch petition. it eventually adopted the lee resolution which affirmed the independence of the colonies on july 2, 1776, and it agreed to the declaration of independence two days later.
second continental congress
bullet::::- william paca: maryland delegate to the continental congress, 1774–79









































bullet::::- richard peters jr.: pennsylvania delegate to the continental congress, 1782–83









































bullet::::- david ramsay: south carolina delegate to the continental congress, 1782–83 and 1785–86, and acting president of the continental congress in 1785–86









































bullet::::- joshua seney: maryland delegate to the continental congress, 1778









































bullet::::- jonathan sergeant: new jersey delegate to the continental congress, 1776–77









































bullet::::- james tilton: delaware delegate to the continental congress, 1783–84









































bullet::::- hugh williamson: north carolina delegate to the continental congress, 1782–85









































bullet::::- james wilson: pennsylvania delegate to the continental congress, 1775–77, 1783, 1785–86
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