Which body adopted the Declaration of Independence, the event commemorated by America250?

The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, the event commemorated by America250.

The congress met during the American Revolutionary War and represented the Thirteen Colonies. On July 4, 1776, it approved the declaration after debates and revisions to a draft prepared by the Committee of Five.

The Second Continental Congress had already been meeting since May 1775. It coordinated the colonial war effort, authorized the Continental Army, selected George Washington as commander in chief, and handled diplomacy as the conflict with Great Britain expanded.

The First Continental Congress met in 1774 and focused on colonial grievances and resistance measures, but it did not adopt the Declaration of Independence. The Constitutional Convention was a later meeting, held in 1787 to write the United States Constitution.