The Olive Branch Petition
from The Revolutionary War Podcast Hosted by Matt Schmidt
In the summer of 1775, as tensions between Britain and its American colonies reached a boiling point, the Second Continental Congress made one last desperate attempt to avoid full-scale war. The Olive Branch Petition, adoptedon July 5, 1775, represented the colonists' final effort to reconcile with King George and resolve their grievances through peaceful means.
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