On this date in 1775, representatives from the several colonies met in Philadelphia, forming the Second Continental Congress.
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In July 1775, Benjamin Franklin introduced a formal plan for uniting the colonies - “The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.” He read it to the Second Continental Congress nearly a year before the Declaration of Independence and the first drafts of what became our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation.
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Government schools never teach this stuff. But the American Revolution - and the War for Independence - were about much more than “taxation without representation.” The Revolution was about unlimited, arbitrary power - complete and total supremacy over the colonies. And the battles started over a British gun control program.
The post Unlimited Supremacy, Gun Control and the American Revolution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Far from empathizing with the petitions of the Second Continental Congress, King George III responded by declaring the colonies in open and avowed rebellion to the crown.
On May 10, 1775, representatives from the several colonies met in Philadelphia, forming the Second Continental Congress.