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5: "Delenda est Bostonia:" a Congress, Paul Rides, & the First Shot at Lexington

History That Doesn't Suck

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The First Continental Congress Will Not Vote by Delegate

The first continental congress of the American colonies begins. The debate is on how they should vote as individual delegates or as individual colonies. Patrick's comet is, of course, far more prophetic than he realizes. All agree that the coercive, slash intolerable acts violate their rights as british subjects. But things get messy when discussing how to pursue this.

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