American History

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  • The First Continental Congress

    Delegates from all 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance.

  • Second Continental congress

    Congress reconvened in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, it expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.

  • Prohibitory Act

    passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American Colonies.

  • The Declaration On Independence

    Congress voted to declare Independence.