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At a Bold Meeting 250 Years Ago, the Continental Congress Set America in Motion

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

In October of 1774, the First Continental Congress met to discuss and write a petition to the King. Although the petition didn’t work as planned, the Congress set the stage for what would become the American Revolutionary War.

This entry was posted in Building a Democracy and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures, History on October 1, 2024 by molly.

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