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The price of liberty is eternal vigilance–Jefferson

Exasperated by King George’s refusal to listen to the Colonies’ petition for redress of grievances regarding excessive taxation, brutality, and occupation, our Founders called for the people of each of the colonies to select representatives to join a Continental Congress. The delegates met in Philadelphia to weigh the heavy issue of independence or accommodation with the British.
For over 15 years, the King had refused to hear any of the grievances to which the colonists were legally entitled under English laws. We know the rest of the story: the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and then through Constitutional Convention, the Constitution of the United States of America.
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