The Continental Congresses spoke in the name of and through the authority of the American People which predated all of these political institutions.
One of those statements was the Declaration of Independence which also called states into existence.
do you HAVE a point, or do you think that MORE ignorant, fact-FREE blather is a suitable substitute for intelligent discourse???
free dixie,sw
No, they didn't.
They spoke in the name of the Colonies and the Colonists. They even spoke of themselves as Subjects of the King.
The delegates to the Congresses had no authority that was not granted to them by their People. The delegates of New York were bound by their fidelity to New Yorkers, the Virginia delegates to the People of Virginia.
One of those statements was the Declaration of Independence which also called states into existence.
The People of the Colonies found their independence on the battlefield, the same place they got their sovereignty. Sovereignty and independence are acts of the People, not acts of Congress. They obtained it by acts of arms and by their own profession, not by some mystical operation of the Congresses.
And they sure as hell didn't get it from you.