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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates that were from the 13 colonies. It was used for raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing treatises. The significance is that they had established an continental army and made George Washington General of the army.
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The Olive Branch Petition was a document embraced by congress on July 15, 1775 in which the colonists had guaranteed their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens. This was the last effort of trying not to go war with Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution.
