THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Question
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King George pretends that the congress never met, and business goes on as usual.
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King George is furious, and he ignores the congress. This led to more tension between the two sides, and ultimately the war.
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France steps in and tells King George to back off or else they will declare war on Great Britain. This is how France became our first ally.
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King George backs off and repeals the Intolerable Acts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was a compact among the colonies to boycott British goods beginning on December 1, 1774, unless parliament should rescind the Intolerable Acts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for repeal of the Intolerable Acts.
Detailed explanation-3: -In an effort to avoid a full-scale war, Congress coupled this declaration with the Olive Branch Petition, a personal appeal to Britain’s King George III, asking him to help the colonists resolve their differences with Britain. The king dismissed the petition out of hand.
Detailed explanation-4: -They established a Continental army and elected George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, but the delegates also drafted the Olive Branch Petition and sent it to King George III in hopes of reaching a peaceful resolution. The king refused to hear the petition and declared the American colonies in revolt.