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Twelve of the thirteen colonies met responding to the passage of the Coercive Act by Great Britain. (It was punishment for the Boston Tea Party.)
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All thirteen states were there. This meeting was to manage the Revolutionary War. The raised arms, directed strategy, appointed diplomats and made treaties. They adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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The Colonies tried to avoid full all out war with Britain.
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Created by the Great Britain Parliament. Great Britain tried to put down the colonies by making a blockade of trading between Colonies. They were trying to destroy the Colonies economy. It was really a declaration of war.
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The Colonies declared themselves an independent and sovereign states. It was adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
