American History

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    First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States
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    Second Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War
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    Olive Branch Petition

    The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America
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    Prohibitory Act

    The Prohibitory Act was 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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    United States Declaration of Independence

    The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.