Why was it necessary for the Second Continental Congress to outline the structure of government? A. It needed to explain how the government would work once independence from Britain was declared.

B. It needed to have the power to create an army and house it during the War of Independence.

C. It needed to have the power to raise taxes to pay for the effects of the War of Independence.

D. It needed to explain what rights citizens would have in the new country.

The tea party movement is a. an official third party that challenges both democrats and republicans in national elections. b. an organized challenge to incumbents in the republican party by the most conservative wing of the republican party. c. an organized challenge to incumbents in the democratic party by the most liberal wing of the democratic party. d. an offspring of the green party that runs for state and local office in many midwestern states. e. the now defunct party that gave way to the republican party at the end of the “second party system.”