Which best describes the purpose of the Second Continental Congress? A. It was the group of leaders who worked to create the Declaration of Independence.
B. It was the group of citizens who protested taxation without representation.
C. It was the group of treasonous British soldiers who inhibited Britain's ability to collect taxes.
D. It was the group of colonists who planted the seeds for the development of the Continental army.

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

b

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