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Olive Branch Petition (view source)
Revision as of 02:57, September 10, 2015
, 02:57, September 10, 2015Reception
==Drafting==
==Drafting==
===Second Constitutional Congress===
Early in its history this second congress had drafted a new petition to the king. To this, the king did not even pay the courtesy of a formal answer.
The petition was adopted July 5th, 1775 and finalized July 8th, 1775, during the [[Continental Congress#Second Continental Congress|Second Continental Congress]] ,which appeals directly to [[King George III]] and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-adopts-olive-branch-petition Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition]</ref>
The petition was adopted July 5th, 1775 and finalized July 8th, 1775, during the [[Continental Congress#Second Continental Congress|Second Continental Congress]] ,which appeals directly to [[King George III]] and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain.<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-adopts-olive-branch-petition Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition]</ref>
==Background and Reception==
==Background and Reception==
After the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], the King refused to receive the ''Olive Branch''. His response to Bunker Hill was to issue the [[Proclamation of Rebellion]].
After the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], the King refused to receive the ''Olive Branch''. His response to Bunker Hill was to issue the [[Proclamation of Rebellion]], declaring the colonists to be rebels, closing the American ports, and warning foreign nations not to trade. This contemptuous treatment convinced many that the colonists need hope for nothing at the hands of the king; and when shortly after the news reached America that the British government had hired [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian soldiers]] to help fight their battles in the colonies, even the most conservative began to admit the necessity of separation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T0XAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54|title=School Civics: An Outline Study of the Origin and Development of Government and the Development of Political Institutions in the United States|date=1919}}</ref>
==References==
==References==