The Second Continental Congress creates the Department of Foreign Affairs. Until this act, foreign affairs had been managed by a Congressional committee .
[restored 8/14/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1035.
Current U.s. National Debt:
