The Continental Congress, also known as Philadelphia Congress, is credited for passing a resolution that asserted the Thirteen Colonies' independence from the British Crown and issuing a Declaration of Independence which resulted in the creation of a new nation, the United States of America, in 1776. The right answer is D.
This curricular uniformity had an extremely powerful effect on Chinese society, and the major impetus for this uniformity was the meritocracy promoted by the civil service examination system.