Order the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence.
Second Continental Congress meets.
Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
First Continental Congress meets and writes a declaration of rights and grievances to King George III of England.
Declaration committee drafts a statement of independence from England.
British and American troops fight in battles at Lexington and Concord.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense argues that the colonies receive nothing from England and should therefore become independent
1. First Continental Congress meets and writes a declaration of rights and grievances to King George III of England.
2. British and American troops fight in battles at Lexington and Concord.
3. Second Continental Congress meets.
4. Thomas Paine's Common Sense argues that the colonies receive nothing from England and should therefore become independent.
5. Declaration committee drafts a statement of independence from England.
6. Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence on July 4.