Continental Congress

On September 5, 1774 the delegates from 12 British Colonies gathered and formed the First Colonial Continental Congress of the United Colonies of America. On July 2, 1776 the Second Colonial Continental Congress declared 12 British colonies as Free and Independent States thus becoming the US Continental Congress. On March 1, 1781 the Constitution of 1777 was ratified replacing the US Continental Congress with the United States in Congress Assembled.