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Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.

This is from the American Revolution podcast, a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries of the Revolutionary War.

This week, we remember when the Continental Congress began deliberations on Independence,

January 24, 1776.

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Back in October of 1775, King George III gave his address to the opening of Parliament.

In that speech, the King made clear that there would be no political compromise with the colonies.

He called on Parliament to assemble all the necessary military forces to crush the rebellion in America.

Only when the rebellion was utterly destroyed, could the colonists' requests for reform even be

considered. A copy of that speech reached Philadelphia on January 8th. The King's position made

clear that there would be no political compromise. The following day,

copies of common sense hit the streets calling for American independence. Delegates to the Continental

Congress are unsure how to respond to all this. The King's speech made clear that he believed the

colonies were seeking nothing less than independence. That, of course, was treason and

punishable by death. Congress had taken the position that they were simply seeking a return

to basic rights found in their colonial charters and to the system that had existed in the colonies

for more than a century. James Wilson of Pennsylvania moved to draft a response denying the King's charge that they

were seeking independence. The motion was delayed several times, mostly because many delegates had come

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