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In this episode, we explore how an illegal assembly built america. You know, usually when you walk into a major planning meeting, you have an agenda. Right, yeah, you have your action items. Exactly. Maybe a slide deck. And you generally know what the debate is going to be about. Yeah, I mean, a predictable environment is really the foundation of any normal organization. Right. You walk in understanding the exact parameters of the problem and, well, you know who has the authority to make the final call. But imagine showing up to a meeting where you intend to plan a coordinated, like, strongly worded protest. And when you open the conference room door, someone hands you the keys to an active bloody war. It's just it's unimaginable. You expected a debate over trade policy and suddenly you have to be a general, a financier and a head of state all at once. All at the exact same time. Yeah. Welcome to be in the room. Yes, the logistics were a nightmare. Take the colony of Georgia, for example. Oh, Georgia. Right. They didn't even participate in the first Continental Congress and Initially, they didn't send anyone to the second. No, they held out. But the residents of just one single parish, St. John's Parish, decided to send a guy named Lyman Hall to Philadelphia on their behalf. Yeah, Lyman Hall travels all the way to Philadelphia, and he's allowed to sit in the room and participate in the debates. But he couldn't actually vote on anything. Because he didn't represent the whole state. Right. He didn't represent the entire colony of Georgia. He just represented his neighbors back in one local parish. That's hilarious. It wasn't until July of 1775 that Georgia finally held a provincial Congress, adopted the ban on British trade, and officially sent delegates. Which just highlights