Because of royalist mob violence, the Second Continental Congress is forced to abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Baltimore, Maryland.

       [restored 7/24/2021]

Subsequent Events:

12/20/1776                   7/20/1781

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.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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