Question

what was accomplished by members of the 2nd continental congress duing thier meeting in Philadelphia

Answer 1

 Most people at that time thought the world was flat. When you sailed out to sea and they could no longer see your ship they assumed you fell off the edge of the world. Columbus figured out (not by himself, other educated people also knew this) that the world was round. He figured it was a lot smaller though. He thought he could sail out into the ocean and come out in India, there by taking a short cut and putting one over on Spain. What Columbus didn't realize was the world was alot bigger than he thought and there was a whole Continent out there nobody knew about. Sooooo when he landed in S. America he thought he was in India.