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What was accomplished at the First Continental Congress?

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On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia (which was fighting a Native-American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies) met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.

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a declaration of rights declaring loyalty to the British crown but denying the right of taxation by the British Parliament
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