2nd+Continental+Congress+Proposals

=2nd Continental Congress Proposals= 1. We will give aid and supplies to the colonial militia currently besieging Boston. 2. We will form a Continental Army with George Washington as commander-in-chief. 3. We will issue paper money to support the Army. 4. We will appoint a committee to handle negotiations with foreign countries. 5. We petition King George III to personally promote repeal of the oppressive measures. The Colonies will stop the independence movement if the Intolerable Acts are repealed and Parliament agrees to regulate only trade.

(After __//Common Sense//__ is published)

6. We will authorize privateering against British shipping. 7. We will sign the declaration of Independence: “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which connected them with another…” The document recognizes these basic points: • The origin of government is in the consent of the governed; • The obligation of the government is to protect the natural rights of the people; • When a government does not protect these rights, it is the responsibility of the people to abolish that government and create a new one.