alleryStart learning →Who was chosen president of the Second Continental Congress in May 1775?
AThomas Jefferson
BBenjamin Franklin
CRichard Henry Lee
DJohn Hancock
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. John Hancock
1. The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, while Lexington and Concord still resounded.
2. Its president was John Hancock, a wealthy Boston merchant.
3. Jefferson and Franklin attended as delegates, and Lee later moved the independence resolution.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 2 "The War of Independence"_
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