(Philadelphia) In Congress, July 02, 1776: vote on the Lee Resolution

@OldCatLady Is he still in Congress? (no term limits…)

@phendrick He retired shortly afterward.

@cengland0

That footage is from the John Adams miniseries, starring the superb Paul Giamatti.

My history knowledge is v spotty. IDK about what that series did or didn’t cover re Nova Scotia.

@cengland0 You’re to make me look things up. Citation please? I’m vague on that century, and geography isn’t my strong point.

@cengland0 @OldCatLady Piqued my curiosity - Sounds like that 14th colony thing didn’t pan out very well - from the Wikipedia article:

The American Revolution (1775–1783) had a significant impact on shaping Nova Scotia. Initially, Nova Scotia—“the 14th American Colony” as some called it—displayed ambivalence over whether the colony should join the more southern colonies in their defiance of Britain, and rebellion flared at the Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776) and at the Siege of Saint John (1777). Throughout the war, American privateers devastated the maritime economy by capturing ships and looting almost every community outside of Halifax. These American raids alienated many sympathetic or neutral Nova Scotians into supporting the British. By the end of the war Nova Scotia had outfitted a number of privateers to attack American shipping.[25] British military forces based at Halifax succeeded in preventing American support for rebels in Nova Scotia and deterred any invasion of Nova Scotia. However the British navy failed to establish naval supremacy. While the British captured many American privateers in battles such as the Naval battle off Halifax (1782), many more continued attacks on shipping and settlements until the final months of the war. The Royal Navy struggled to maintain British supply lines, defending convoys from American and French attacks as in the fiercely fought convoy battle, the Naval battle off Cape Breton (1781).

@stolicat but all those instances are after they became the 14th colony in 1749. So it seems logical they would have voted on the Lee Resolution but probably against it.

@cengland0 @stolicat Go edit that wiki!

@cengland0 @stolicat

Initially, the Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that would ultimately join in the Revolutionary War, that convened on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shortly after the battles of Lexington and Concord. It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia September 5 – October 26, 1774, and functioned as a de facto national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treatises such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.[1] It eventually adopted the Lee Resolution which established the new country on July 2, 1776, and it agreed to the Declaration of Independence two days later.

Georgia sent representatives starting later in 1775, and did vote on the Lee Resolution.

It seems that Nova Scotia did not send representatives to this Congress.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress

And, as always, New York was and is speshul.

/giphy speshul

@f00l Ah, that would explain it if Nova Scotia didn’t send representation to that Congress. Thanks for the info.