Olive+Branch+Petition

the olive branch petition. It was a letter to king George III on July 8 1775 of. It was received by the members of the 2nd continental congress six weeks later. It was like a treaty so no more colonials would die. It was also called the second petition to the king and the humble petition. When the congress talked the delaget's ideas were divided amongst each other. Most followed the man John Dickinson. Some followed John adams that beleived that there was nothing they could do stoping the up coming war, with Britain. Adams had a good idea of to lay low for a while and then Gather people. The person that actually drafted it was Thomas Jefferson, but John Dickinson thought it was to offensive to be sent to the king of england. ( here is some "Dear king George III we, your loyal subjects") so you can see he was a real kiss up. Dickinson said that the colonist didn't want independence but to talk about trades and taxs. The king wrote that either you get a free trade exchange and keep the taxs, or no taxs and expensive trades. So either the king was keeping money in his pockets. The king rejected the petition that gave Adams a chance to rally people and the petition gave a big jump for the colonies independence.