The Second Continental Congress

After the revolutionary war it was decided to form a second continental congress. This congress assembled representatives from the colonies, this time from the 13 of them. The second continental congress happened on May 1775. This congress was form after the war to take responsibility of it.  This congress took place in Pennsylvania States House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They took executive and legislative power. Armed volunteers from middle and southern colonies marched north to join patriots that had seized Boston. The congress gave the leadership of army to George Washington. They wanted to declare independence from Britain.