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Which best describes the purpose of the Second Continental Congress?

It was the group of leaders who worked to create the Declaration of Independence.
It was the group of citizens who protested taxation without representation.
It was the group of treasonous British soldiers who inhibited Britain’s ability to collect taxes.
It was the group of colonists who planted the seeds for the development of the Continental army.

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It was the group of colonists who planted the seeds for the development of the Continental army.

The Second Continental Congress (meeting from 1775) acted as the colonies’ de facto national government during the Revolutionary War—organizing the war effort, creating the Continental Army and appointing George Washington as commander, and later issuing the Declaration of Independence.