Which event came first in the struggle for independence? (10 points)
a) second continental congress met to raise an army, appoint leaders, and oversee the effort to rebel against great britain.
b) declaration of independence was drafted.
c) richard henry lee proposed a resolution for independence to the second continental congress.
d) thomas paine published his pamphlet entitled common sense.

The correct answer is A) Second Continental Congress met to raise an army, appoint leaders, and oversee the effort to rebel against Great Britain.

The event that came first in the struggle for Independence was "Second Continental Congress met to raise an army, appoint leaders, and oversee the effort to rebel against Great Britain."

In the series of events that led to the Revolutionary War in which the Continental Army fought the British Army, it was the Second Continental Congress that started on May 10, 1775, that gathered the delegates of the American colonies in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and acted as the government of the American colonies and discussed the strategy to fight the Revolutionary War. Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "CommonSense" on January 9, 1776. He invited people from the colonies to unite and demand independence from England.

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