Tag: Second Continental Congres

  • Opinion: The birth of our nation – we must protect the freedom we have

    Opinion: The birth of our nation – we must protect the freedom we have

    In Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, the delegates to the Second Continental Congress ratified a declaration of the delegates called the Declaration of Independence. The purpose of this declaration was to set forth the grievances the colonies had against the king and crown in their governance of the colonies. Among other things, the delegates notified…