British Capture Continental Congress Preemptively

[Wolfhound]

Could the British capture the Continental Congress in Philadelphia before it can properly organise the Continental Army etc?

 

[Dan Reilly The Great]

how exactly are they captured? do you mean that the british smoke out and arrest the members of congress? or when the British army captures Philadelphia in 1777? Personally I don't see either happening, since I don';t see the British Army managing to sneak up on philadelphia without word of warning getting to the various members of congress in time to escape, nor do I see the British managing to exert enough influence in the colonies to get the founding fathers captured in secret.

 

[Wolfhound]

Fair enough, just an idea I had whilst watching HBO's 'John Adams' - A member of the Continental Congress suggests that two British Warships are sailing up the Delaware to capture Philidelphia.