KEY TERMS:

Conciliatory Proposition- Plan whereby Parliament would “forbear” taxation of the Americans who were in the colonies whose gatherings forced taxes considered to be acceptable by the British government.

Committee of Safety- Any of the banned groups that directed the rebellious movement and carried on the functions of government at the local level in the period between the breakdown of royal authority and the establishment of regular governments.

Minute Men- Different groups of militia formed in Massachusetts and else and other places beginning in late 1774.

Second Continental Congress- Met again in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress called for the patchwork of local forces to be organized into the Continental Army, authorized the formation of a navy, established a post …show more content…
Lord North’s help with votes ended up winning by a long shot. A rare amount of Parliament advised their fellow lawmakers to put into use calming measures, before it was too late.
What functions did the Congress fulfill as it sought to manage the American rebellion?
• The Continental Congress assumed executive functions the Crown had once performed. It took an order of the army, authorized the creation of a navy, ran the post office, conducted Indian negotiations, and printed paper money. The first Congress was adjourned in October of 1774.
• Everybody that was in the congress who expected that the imperial crisis would be resolved without a need for war. But, when the representatives met again in Philadelphia in 1775, it was too late because they war had already started. The soldiers had hobbled from Concord back into Boston that was surrounded by a force of a patriot army from almost all areas in New England.

What were the key differences between the British and American