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Why Was The Continental Congress Join The Declaration Of Independence?

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On July 2, 1776 the continental Congress, assembled in Philadelphia, voted to break its ties from Great Britain. Two days later, the declaration of independence was written. Yes, it was written to announce American freedom, however, there are several main purposes in which this document was meant to accomplish. The first, and most important, was to persuade the colonist to join the rebellion. It was too late to save the relationship between them and their mother country. The continental Congress knew that, by the spring of 1776, a long war was fated. This leads to another main purpose, to embolden foreign nations to help them. Another main reason was to list the colonist complaints against King Georges III and to explain the Congress position

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