After a small battle between British soldiers and colonists in April of 1775, the second Continental Congress met again in Philadelphia. After a long debate the Congress finally decided that the differences between colonies and British government were probably to great and they began to plan and prepare for a future armed conflict with Britain.
Some efforts to avoid war continued, but as 1776 went on, it became clear that war was inevitable. Thomas Jefferson was h=given the job of writing the final statement. On July 4th, 1776 he completed the Declaration of Independence which had a long ist of reasons why the colonies should break ith Britain and create a new country