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Ideas Help Start a Revolution. Chapter 4- Section 2. Second Continental Congress. Convenes in May 1775 in Philadelphia George Washington appointed as commander of the Continental Army. Authorized printing of paper money to pay troops
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Ideas Help Start a Revolution Chapter 4- Section 2
Second Continental Congress • Convenes in May 1775 in Philadelphia • George Washington appointed as commander of the Continental Army. • Authorized printing of paper money to pay troops • Begin to organize around how to deal with foreign nations.
Battle of Bunker Hill • June 17, 1775: British General Thomas Gage sends out 2,400 troops near Boston. • Colonists hold their own until third assault, when they run low on ammunition. • Colonists lose 450 men and British suffer over 1,000 casualties. This is the deadliest battle of the War.
Olive Branch Petition • July 8, 1775: Congress sends King George III an “olive branch petition” urging him to return to “the former harmony.” • King George rejects the petition. • He issues a proclamation declaring the colonies “in rebellion” and asks Parliament to order a naval blockade of the American coast.
Declaring Independence • Second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft the Declaration. • Committee made up of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. • Jefferson worked on a draft from June 11 to June 28 • Delegates edited draft from July 2 to July 4 • Approved on July 4 in Pennsylvania State House • By August 2nd, most Delegates had signed an official copy of the Declaration. This is the copy held at the National Archives.
Other FAQs • Dunlap Broadsides • First printed copies of the Declaration • Printed 100-200 copies to be sent to colonies • Only 25 copies exist today • When was a copy sent to King George III? • No copy was officially sent to King George III by the Continental Congress, but Richard Howe, a Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy sent him two copies.
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