THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Preparing the colonist for a war
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Make treaties with the Indian tribes
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Provide them with a third continental congress
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Train them on how not to speak with an English accent
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Second Congress functioned as a de facto national government at the outset of the Revolutionary War by raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and writing petitions such as the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms and the Olive Branch Petition.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Continental Congress prepared for war by forming the Continental Army and naming George Washington as its commander. It also provided for the printing of money in order to pay for arms and soldiers. The Congress met in September 1775, just a month after the first battles of Lexington and Concord.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the two main goals of the Second Continental Congress? One of the Second Continental Congress’s main goals was to create a more fair and representative government than the tyrannical British Parliament. Another was to create a currency and trade relations with other nations.