THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Pittsburg
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Peru
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Philadelphia This petition was a final effort by the Congress to avoid war with Great Britain Before the Olive Branch Petition, there was the Declaration of Rights. Colonists cited their opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Coercive Acts of 1774. This declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress On October 14, 1774.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The letter was approved on July 5 and signed by John Hancock, President of the Second Congress, and by representatives of the named twelve colonies. It was sent to London on July 8, 1775, in the care of Richard Penn and Arthur Lee.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Continental Congress met inside Independence Hall beginning in May 1775. It was just a month after shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, and the Congress was preparing for war.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.