The Second Continental Congress begins debating the Articles of Confederation.
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The Second Continental Congress passes the sixth Certificate Act, authorizing the issue of 5,000,000 “dollars” in Continental currency notes (Bills of Credit), in one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and 30 “dollar” denominations.
NOTE: This act raises the Continental debt to 21,000,000 Dollars.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
ccc-2point0.com/unanimous_Declaration
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1031.
Jack Weatherford, The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace, (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997), 135-36.
Continental Currency.mht
www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/CurrencyText/CC.html
Current U.s. National Debt:
