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Small flour and lumber mills flourished. There were important rope-making plants in Kentucky. Many Southern cities had commercial cotton presses. Iron and coal were mined in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Thomas Paine - The pamphlet of Common Sense.
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The first action the First Continental Congress took was send a letter to King George explaining that the colonies did not like being treated the way they were, and demand an end to the Intolerable Acts.