USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by Congress on July 5th, 1775 to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared. The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens. The Congress met according to adjournment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Olive Branch Petition, written in 1775, was the final effort of the Second Continental Congress to persuade King George III of England to respond to the concerns of the American Colonists and to settle their differences amicably.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dickinson hoped that news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord combined with the “humble petition” would persuade the King to respond with a counter-proposal or open negotiations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1775 Olive Branch Petition was the colonists’ last ditch effort to make peace with the British king and avoid a war between Britain and the colonies. But despite the effort to heal the broken relationship between colonists and the English crown, the King of England absolutely refused to even hear the petition.

Detailed explanation-5: -On July 5, 1775, the Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson, which appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.