765年举办印花税会议(英语:Stamp Act Congress)以及1774年举办第一届大陆会议(英语:FirstContinentalCongress)提供先例,这些会议奠定了美国革命的基础。 H.W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times
June 20, 1782, with a bald eagle in the center, was adopted by the ContinentalCongress on June 20, 1782. National Bison Legacy Act, Pub. L. 114-152, 130