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What did the 2nd continental congress do?

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence and assumed power

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What was the catalyst for the revolutionary war?

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The stamp act & French and Indian war

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The first battle of the revolutionary war was…

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At Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts

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What caused the battles of Lexington and Concord

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When delegates agreed on imposing an embargo on Britain.

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Magna Carta vs. Petition of Right

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Magna Carta was pretty general on the limits of the monarch where as the petition of right was more specific.

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Who wrote the rough draft of the Declaration of Indepence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Why were the colonists upset with the British parliament?

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Because of the stamp act and French and Indian war

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What was the first colonial legislature in America?

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The Virginia House of Burgesses

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What event caused British Parliament passing the coercive acts (intolerable acts)?

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The Boston tea party, dumping 342 chests of tea at the Boston harbor

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The intolerable acts prompted Massachusetts and Virginia to do what?

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Organize the First Continental Congress

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What was an accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation?

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Gave us a form of government that enabled us to defeat Britain and come together to make a treaty to end the war.

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