July 2, 2026

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The Second Continental Congress created a Continental Army under George Washington while presenting colonists as faithful subjects seeking harmony with the king.
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Britain made taxed tea cheaper through a monopoly, hoping purchases would quietly establish Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
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On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress dissolved the colonies’ political connection to Great Britain, two days before approving the Declaration’s final form.
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The Olive Branch Petition failed because the king declared the colonies in rebellion before receiving the appeal.
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The 1766 Declaratory Act repealed the Stamp Act while claiming Parliament could bind the colonies in all cases.
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Thomas Paine shifted blame from the king’s ministers to monarchy itself, making independence a direct remedy.
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The Stamp Act became a constitutional showdown over whether the king could be checked by people lacking direct representation in Parliament.
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As Common Sense spread, states were writing declarations by April 1776, and Virginia urged Congress to declare the colonies free.
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Parliament’s punishment of Boston gave the colonies a shared example of tyranny and turned local protest into organized resistance.
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The decisive justification for independence was governing nations by law rather than by one person and selected advisers.
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Thomas Paine called independence a chance to begin political life anew through deliberate constitutional design.

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