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==Drafting==
==Drafting==
The [[Second Continental Congress]], convened shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], created a Petition Committee to draft a new petition to the king. Members of the committee included [[John Jay]], [[John Rutledge]], Thomas Johnson, [[Benjamin Franklin]], and the petition's main author, [[John Dickinson]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=if3_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA411 King and Congress: The Transfer of Political Legitimacy, 1774-1776]</ref> The petition was signed by [[John Hancock]], President of the Continental Congress, and 49 other members<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RakdAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT61 The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson]</ref> and adopted on July 5, 1775.
The [[Second Continental Congress]], convened shortly after the [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], created a Petition Committee to draft a new petition to the king. Members of the committee included [[John Jay]], [[John Rutledge]], Thomas Johnson, [[Benjamin Franklin]], and the petition's main author, [[John Dickinson]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=if3_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA411 King and Congress: The Transfer of Political Legitimacy, 1774-1776]</ref> The petition was signed by [[John Hancock]], President of the Continental Congress, and 49 other members<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RakdAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT61 The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickinson]</ref> and adopted on July 5, 1775.