The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

To deal with the problem, Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or simply as Continentals. The paper money was denominated in dollars ranging from one-sixth of a dollar ...

When the Second Continental Congress met in the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Philadelphia for the first time on this day in 1775, ... it issued paper money and borrowed funds.

In 1775, the Continental Congress issued $2 million in paper bills of credit. The paper notes represented the colonies' first significant currency distribution and bore the images of Revolutionary ...

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Sept. 5–Oct. 26: First Continental Congress — Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. 1775 March 23: Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech, Richmond, Virgina.

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...