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Article: Continental Congress (Second)
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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (SECOND)
The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia's Independence Hall on May 10, 1775, shortly after the first fighting broke out in the American Revolution (1775
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1783). England had rebuffed the proposals of the First Continental Congress (1774). In response, colonial delegates met again as the Second Continental Congress and began preparing for the fight against the Mother Country. Many of these delegates ultimately became known as founding fathers of the United States
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George Washington (1732
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1799), John Hancock (1737
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1793), Thomas Jefferson (1743
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1826), and Benjamin Franklin (1706
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1790).
The Second ...