THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
LEXINGTON CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
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Declaration of Rights
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The Olive Branch Petition
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The Intolerable Acts
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Social Contract
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.
Detailed explanation-2: -King George refuses Olive Branch Petition.
Detailed explanation-3: -In August 1775, King George III formally rejected the petition, because it was an illegal document created by an illegal congress, and then declared the colonies in rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -“By the King, A Proclamation, For Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition” (1775) In this response to the so-called Olive Branch Petition, sent to the king by the Second Continental Congress on July 8, 1775, George III rejects the idea of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in open rebellion.
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.