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was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
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was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War.
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was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.
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British legislation in late 1775 that cut off all trade between the American colonies and England, and removed the colonies from the King's protection.
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the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
