1 janv. 1775 - 1775 Second Continental Congress: This meeting, with the same delegates as the first, managed the colonial war effort, financing the war with borrowed funds and without the support of taxes; states were asked to contribute men, supplies, and funds. Eventually it would adopt Lee's Resolution, creating the country of the USA, and a few days later adopt the Declaration of Independence, granting the new country. -victory for the colonists
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Date:
1 janv. 1775
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~ Il y a 250 ans