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was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution
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armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its former North American colonies, which had declared themselves the independent United States of America
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun
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marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.