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| Period of time that centered of the belief of intellectual and scientific ideas instead of oblivious religious fanaticism |
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| First Continental Congress(1774) |
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| Convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that convened in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts. Delegates established association which called for a complete boycott of British goods. |
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| Battles of Lexington & Concord(1775) |
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| First battles of the Revolutionary War, fought outside Boston. The colonial miltia succesfully defended their stores of ammunition, forcing the British to retreat to Boston |
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| Second Continental Congress(1775) |
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| Representative body of delegates from all thirteen colonies. Drafted the Declaration of Independence and managed the colonial war effort. |
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| Thomas Paine's Common Sense |
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| Pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a rebuplican government. The widely read pamphlet helped convice colonists to support the Revolution. |
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