THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Question
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Which of the 13 original colonies did not attend the First Continental Congress?
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New York
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Virginia
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Massachusetts
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Georgia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia was the only colony that did not send any delegates to the First Continental Congress. Facing a war with neighboring Native American tribes, the colony did not want to jeopardize British assistance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia was the only colony that did not send representatives. Virginia’s representative, Peyton Randolph, was elected president of the First Continental Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -Button Gwinnett was one of the three Georgia delegates to the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence.
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