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10 Cards in this Set
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First Continental Congress
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Met in Philadelphia on September 1774 to resist Britain's tyranny cruel and unjust use of power
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The Congress acts
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Militia and boycotts
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Militia
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Group of male citizens to fight in an emergency
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Boycott
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Refuse to buy sell or trade with Britain
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The shot heard around the world
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The first shot of the revolution and no one knows who shot it
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Second Continental Congress
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Me in May 1775 to a point of colonial commander and raise an army-they create the Olive branch petition
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Olive branch petition
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A peace petition sent to the king of England stating their loyalty to England and they asked the King to remove the intolerable acts
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Thomas Payne's pamphlet-common sense
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January 1776 encourages colonists to revolutionize
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Thomas Jefferson
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Writes the Declaration of Independence on June 28, 1776
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Preamble
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Introduction of the Declaration of Independence
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