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What is the difference between the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress of the American Revolution?

Also what did they plan and why was the 1st Continental Congress terminated?

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1. The greatest difference, besides the fact that the second met so much longer!, is that the WAR broke out in between. This fact also explains why the First Continental Congress did not continue to meet. They met for two months and did what they had come to do -- agree on a response to Britain's "Intolerable Acts" (the bills Parliament passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, and warn others against similar acts). The First congress wrote several letters to the King, the British, the colonies (also to Quebec), pleading for support and the repeal of the Acts. They ALSO agreed on a phased-in boycott. And finally, they called for another meeting in the spring (the Second congress) if matters were not resolved by these steps. You might compare the "Stamp Act Congress" of 1765 after which, along with boycotting, the colonists succeeded in convincing Parliament to rescind the Stamp Act. They hoped for something similar in this case. Here's a brief overview http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h650.html If you want a bit more, check these: http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/history/congress.htm http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/eventsfir_ed.html