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Parliament passed another set of laws, this time to punish the colonists for thye troubles in Boston and elsewhere.
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Delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia. Some importants were Samuel Adams and John Adams.
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With a call for second congress to be convended the following May.
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Was fought three weeks earlier on the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia.
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The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and by then the revolution had started.
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New Hampshire adopted a constitution to replace its royal charter. Less than three months later South Carolina followed.
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Delegates finally agreed on Lees resolution but only after spirited debate for many of the Delegates had serious doubts about the wisdom of a complete seperation from England.
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Two days after Lee's resolution was agreed on by the delegates, they adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the reolution of a new nation.
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The second continental congress served as the first goverment of the United States for five fateful years, from the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
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After the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation went into the new nation. During that time Second Continental Congress fought a war. Raised Armies and a navy, borrowed funds, bought supplies, created money system, and made treaties.
