Continental Congress

Summary

Continental Congress is an unicameral legislature^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of unicameral_legislature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,636 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Continental Congress's instance of is recorded as unicameral legislature^[3].
• Continental Congress is a type of parliament^[4].
• Continental Congress's Commons category is recorded as Continental Congress^[5].
• Continental Congress began on September 5, 1774^[6].
• Continental Congress ended on March 2, 1789^[7].
• Continental Congress's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Continental Congress^[8].
• Continental Congress's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[9].
• Continental Congress's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Continental Congress's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Continental Congress's replaced by is recorded as United States Congress^[12].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Continental Congress include Continental Union Flag^[13], a design of the United States flag^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1775^[16].

Why It Matters

Continental Congress ranks in the top 6% of unicameral_legislature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,636 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Works attributed to it include Articles of Confederation^[19], an interstate compact^[20]. Entities named for it include Continental Union Flag^[13], a design of the United States flag^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1775^[16].