THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Punish
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Reward
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Promote
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Recreate
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -For some American colonists, the seeming cold mistreatment exemplified by King George III’s refusal of the Olive Branch Petition highlighted the need for the colonies to split from Great Britain, thus propelling America closer to the American Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.