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The First Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to organize colonial resistance. -
Second Continental congress
Congress reconvened in Philadelphia as the Second Continental Congress. -
Olive Branch Petition
Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, it expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Prohibitory Act
passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American Colonies. -
The Declaration On Independence
Congress voted to declare Independence.