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The second Continental Congress played a significant role in the history of the formation of the United States. They asked the colonies to sign the Articles of Confederation which lead the writing of the Constitution.
Yes, the Intolerable Acts resulted in the formation of the Continental Navy.
This answer needs some explanation. The US Constitution was not "adopted" by the "continental congress." By that time there no longer was a "continental congress" in the same form as the one that had adopted the Declaration Of Independence. There was a "Congress" under the Articles of Confederation and it authorized the formation of a "Constitutional Convention" to revise the Articles of Confederation on February 21, 1787. On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention adopted the final form of the US Constitution, presented it to Congress and recommended its ratification by the states. on September 28, 1787, Congress directed that the proposed Constitution be sent to the legislatures of each state so that they could form their own Constitutional Conventions for the purposes of ratifying the Constitution.
solution to trade, boundry, and religious disputes defense attacks by the french, dutch, or the indians. M.B.C , plymouth, connecticut, new heaven alliance. it was a federation.
The Battle of Concord was fought in guerrilla warfare style with colonists sniping from behind rocks and trees at the British soldiers as they marched from Concord back to Boston. The British were more used to fighting in open fields with the armies facing each other in long fronts. The British were on a single road in column formation in the open while the colonists shot from concealed positions.