THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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John Locke
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Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Jefferson
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George Washington
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Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia had not participated in the First Continental Congress and did not initially send delegates to the Second.
Detailed explanation-2: -New members of the Second Congress included Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock and John Jay were among those who served as president. The Congress “adopted” the New England military forces that had converged upon Boston and appointed Washington commander in chief of the American army on June 15, 1775.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -George Washington, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison are typically counted as “Founding Fathers", but none of them signed the Declaration of Independence. General George Washington was Commander of the Continental Army, and was defending New York City in July 1776.