As a result of British ruler King George III's tyrannical grasps for power, the colonists decided to take things into their own hands and convened the First Continental Congress on September 1774 in Philadelphia. This was the first attempt to put an end to the King's desperation. Here, colonists signed the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. This stated ... the mother country, despite the fact that the intentions of the colonists were to escape. Over the next year, tensions between England and the colonists accelerated. In Lexington, British militia and colonial militia crossed paths and f...

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