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First continental congress
On September 5, 1774 delegates from the 13 colonies expect for Georgia met in Philadelphia as the first continental congress to organize colonial resistance to parliament’s coercive acts -
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Second continental congress
The Second continental congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775. -
Olive branch petition
Was a final attempt by the colonies to avoid going to war with Britain during the American revolution. Was adopted by the congress on July 5, 1775 -
The prohibitory act
Was British legislation in late 1775 that cut off all trade between the American colonies and England. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in Philadelphia on July 4th 1776