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May 15, 1775: The Continental Congress Toughens Up

May 15, 2025
Cover Art for May 15, 1775 Official Presidential Portrait of John Adams, by John Trumbull, ca. 1792 (via WIkimedia Commons)

The Second Continental Congress has only been convened for about five days and things are already heating up for them.



Delegates are still arriving. Lexington and Concord has upset their original plans so they’re making alternate plans. And even the alternate plans they made five days ago are being amended.



And then Virginia comes in with some crazy idea about Independence? Will the madness never end?



(Spoiler alert: it doesn’t, but we’ll tell you if it ever does.)



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