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Continental congress, the continental congress, the (1774-1789) numbered among its members princeton alumni representing all of the colony-states except massachusetts. Home page for journals of the continental congress, 1774-1789 browse journals of the continental congress search this title through the collections search page. The continental congress had a lot to do and a leader with very little power. What happened. For one thing, the congress assigned a committee to make up a kind of “to do list.” share with.

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