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fifty-five delegates met up in Philadelphia to form a political body that would challenge British control. -
Delegates discussed complaints they had against the British and decided to call for the repeal of 13 acts and planned on boycotting British trade and not importing/using British goods or exporting them to Great Britain. -
Colonists start building up ammunition and weapons to prepare for war.
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The Second Continental Congress met, they made the Continental Army (led by George Washington) and they sent the King an Olive Branch Petition asking him to protect the colonists rights. -
General Washington arrived on the outskirts of Boston with the Continental troops, he realized the the troops are diagnosed and need discipline. They are also in need of weapons. -
Common Sense persuaded more of the colonists to become patriotic. “Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART” -Thomas Paine, Common Sense. -
Washington's weapons arrived and he thinks they're ready for war.
Washington had placed cannons to overlook Boston.
The British retreated, resulting in Americas victory. -
They had a debate on whether they should try to declare their independence or not, Thomas Jefferson is the primary author. -
The Second Continental Congress voted and every colony agreed "yes" to declaring their independence from Britain. -
They make their independence from Great Britain official.