Second Continental Congress (may 10, 1775 – mar 1, 1781)

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- Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms
- called on colonies to provide troops
- Washington appointed commander-in-chief or a new army and sent to Boston to lead the Massachusetts militia and volunteer units from other colonies
- force authorized to raid Quebec in order to draw Canada away from the British empire
- navy and marine core organized for the purpose of attacking British shipping
- Olive Branch Petition
- reluctantly begins to favor independence rather than reconciliation
- Declaration of Independence

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