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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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The Second continental congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775.
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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
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Was British legislation in late 1775 that cut off all trade between the American colonies and England.
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The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting in Philadelphia on July 4th 1776