Continental Congress Quotes
I swear or affirm (as the case may be) to be true to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever; and to observe and obey the Orders of the Continental Congress and the Orders of the General, and officers set over me by them
Continental Congress, Oath of Service Taken by Army Enlistees, 1776
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Thomas of London. Tennyson’s quotations was not literal but the synthesis of the conflict. Beckett was the friend of King Henry and his Chancellor. Henry against Becket’s advice appointed him Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the church in England. Soon Henry came into conflict with the Church and Thomas sided with the Church and against his old friend and king. The king had him assassinated despite their friendship.
He had been attacked by the extremists in his own party for serving as the Ambassador to China during a Democratic administration. Huntsman, fluent in Chinese and very familiar with Chinese culture, was a very successful Governor and was recognized by President Obama as being uniquely qualified and as a Patriot he made this great statement about service to country
The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies which met in the British American colonies and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolution. The term "Continental Congress" most specifically refers to the First and Second Congresses of 1774–1781 and may also refer to the Congress of the Confederation of 1781–1789, which operated as the first national government of the United States until being replaced by the current congress. Thus, the term covers the three congressional bodies of the Thirteen Colonies and the new United States that met between 1774 and 1789.
