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what did the second continental congress do to formally declare the colonies free from great britain ?

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They created the Declaration of Independence

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The Second Continental Congress adopted the "Lee Resolution" which declared, on July2 of 1776, the establishment of a new country of "United Colonies", independent from England.

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