They believed they should inform other countries of their reasons for wanting independence.
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In order to sign the Declaration, a person had to be one of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress.
4th July 1776
Continental Congress =)
The United States Declaration of Independence was signed by fifty-six delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
The First Continental Congress had nothing to do with the Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1776 Signed on August 2, 1776.
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The second group of delegates from the colonies was far from unified, but represented the first attempt at a republican government for the colonies. The purpose of the Second Continental Congress was for the making of the Declaration of Independence.
That would be the 2nd Continental Congress!!
The Declaration of Independence was Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.
2nd continental congress