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After the Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774, 56 delegates met in Philadelphia making a declaration of colonial rights, called the First Continental Congress. The declaration stated that the colonists had the right to run their own affairs and if the British interfered, they would fight back. In 1775, the colonists fought against the British at Lexington and Concord. Soon after, the Second Continental Congress formed a Continental Army, George Washington as the commander-in-chief. This resistance proved the colonists were ready to fight for their