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Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. -
Prohibitory Act
prohibited the American colonies from all of trade and commerce, as if the same were the ships and effects of open enemies. This fateful Act declared all Americans to be outlaws. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress assumed the normal functions of a government, appointing ambassadors, issuing paper currency, raising the Continental Army through conscription, and appointing generals to lead the army. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens -
Declaration of Independence
the proclamation which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain. the document formally recording this proclamation.