The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Acts" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag Acts">Flag Act of 1777</a> adopting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the United States">Stars and Stripes</a> as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the United States">Flag of the United States</a>.