GED Reading Practice
					Jul. 1, 2009
		
					
		                                                 		
					
		
					
					
					
					
					
	
						Read the following passage and choose the best answer to the ten questions that follow. The Second Continental Congress was held May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. George Washington became the commander of the Americans, mainly because it was felt he would be able to bring the Southern colonies into the fold.