The correct answer should be the "Continental Congress"
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies who was in charge of America during the war of independence and a bit before it.
German
The term "Hessians" refers to the approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution. They were principally drawn from the German state of Hesse-Cassel, although soldiers from other German states also saw action in America.
It might lower the population drastically.
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