On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:23:04 GMT, "alohacyberian"
wrote:
> wrote in message
>news:1103084177.860497.61460@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> alohacyberian wrote:
>>>Obviously the groundwork for American independence went back farther
>> than the
>>>first Continental Congress or there would have been no reason to
>> convene that
>>>Congress. KM
>>
>> Ok, I will give you that, but the first Continental Congress basically
>> set what was to come into motion, in other words, the colonies
>> eventually
>> becoming an independent nation.
>>
>Agreed. First the colonies agreed to unite in a confederation so that they
>might emerge as an independent nation. KM
The first inclination of the colonies was to each become an
independent state; this is why the confederation was too loose to
actually succeed.
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