1775 Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

The battle at Lexington and Concord was a major turning event that started the Revolutionary War. The British imperial army attempted to capture all the minutemen that killed their defense along with the patriot leaders. In May, the redcoats stormed Boston. Meanwhile in Philadelphia, Second Continental Congress had a meeting.
What they talked about a question: what to do about the military threat? They all agreed to make an army called the Continental Army. They also got George Washington of Virginia to become their supreme commander. George Washington offered to fight the war without pay. The Second Continental Congress was stuck with another problem, how to pay for supplies. This is when they started to print paper money.
The American delegates begged King George III to find a peaceful solution. Unfortunately, in August, the King refused and made the colonies a rebellion. The Americans soon felt less and less part of the British colonies.