Question

The Second Continental Congress:

A.) made provisions for a Continental army with George Washington as a commander-in-chief.
B.) adopted a "Declaration of Causes of Necessity of Taking up Arms"
C.) endorsed the Olive Branch Petition.
D.) all of the above.

Answer 1

The answer is all of the above.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) all of the above.

The Second Continental Congress made provisions for a Continental army with George Washington as commander-in-chief. It also adopted a "Declaration of Causes of Necessity of Taking up Arms," and endorsed the Olive Branch Petition.

The First Continental Congress had been held in 1774. The Second Continental Congress was held in 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During this Second Continental Congress, the delegates. Having initiated the hostilities of the Revolutionary War with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 1775, the Delegates of the Congress named George Washington as the leader of the Continental Army. The Delegates of the colonies were in Philadelphia to discuss and later support the war effort to get independence from England.