"No one was either Tory or Whig; it was either dependence or independence." -Caesar Rodney
Now, various members of the Second Continental Congress had their personal views and general associations (liberal or conservative, etc.), but in the matter of how the thirteen colonies should handle their mother land: now that really boiled down to two things. Did they want to continue to pledge allegiance to Great Britain, or did they want to be on their own? Did they want to rely on Mom for support, or did they want to try their own wings and fly?
Clearly, we chose the latter--239 years ago.
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