continental congress

Continental Congress
    n 1: the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the
         rebel colonies who met during and after the American
         Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and
         framed Articles of Confederation
    

Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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   2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
      distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
      as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
      --Macaulay.
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            No former king had involved himself so frequently in
            the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
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   3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
      colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
      War; as, Continental money.
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            The army before Boston was designated as the
            Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
            General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial
            army."                                --W. Irving.
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   {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}.

   {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
      ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
      1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
      and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
      off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
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