The Second Continental Congress Instructed the Local Colonial Committees to Do

question 76

Multiple Choice

The Second Continental Congress instructed the local colonial committees to do which of the following?

• A) assert their continued loyalty to King George to avoid war
• B) organize a defensive multistate naval blockade of the Port of New York
• C) reconstitute themselves as state governments based on republican principles
• D) initiate trade agreements with other countries to replace the goods no longer available from Britain

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