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The Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress

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The Second Continental Congress

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​What was the purpose of first continental congress meeting?

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Where was the meeting held?

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Pittsburg

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Peru

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Philadelphia

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The Second Continental Congress

Was held May 1775 in Philadelphia


The First Continental Congress was held in September of 1774

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Unlike the First Continental Congress:

  • All 13 Colonies had a delegate

  • ( Remember the First Continental Congress Meeting, Georgia was the only colony who did not have a delegate

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  • The Second Continental Congress,was led by Pennsylvania delegate John Dickinson

  • he requested tax reforms in the Olive Branch Petition.

  • This petition was a final effort by the Congress to avoid war with Great Britain

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What was the Olive Branch Petition?

A document Adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775, this was a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain.

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The Second Continental Congress

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