In what ways did the second continental congress serves as the first national government?

A delegate from each colony came and assumed the powers of a central government, they organized an army and navy, issued money. They did everything a government would do, only they had no constitutional authority.

william marbury filed suit against secretary of state james madison because madison refused to deliver the justice of the peace commission former president john adams awarded marbury under the organic act of 1801.

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.