THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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John Hancock
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John Dickenson
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Robert Livingston
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Richard Henry Lee
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Detailed explanation-1: -When independence was adopted the next day, Dickinson-a constitutional loyalist but still an American patriot-left Congress to join the Continental Army.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dickinson’s most famous contribution as the “Penman” and for the colonial cause was the publication of a series of letters signed “A FARMER.” Dickinson’s thoughts concerning the new Townshend Acts were published in most of the colonial newspapers as well as abroad in England and France in 1768.
Detailed explanation-3: -His fundamental belief was that popular defense of rights should not destroy constitutional unity and that amendment of the laws was possible through civil disobedience. He adopted this view from the Quakers, who did not believe that violence or revolution were legitimate options to resist government oppression.