Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which the Congress represented. Congress had already authorized the invasion of Canada over a week previously, but the petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and beseeched the king to prevent further conflict. However, the petition was followed by the July 6 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, making its success in London improbable. In August 1775, the colonies were formally declared to be in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion, and the petition was rejected by England—even though King George had refused to read the Olive Branch Petition before declaring the Colonists t
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Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which the Congress represented. Congress had already authorized the invasion of Canada over a week previously, but the petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and beseeched the king to prevent further conflict. However, the petition was followed by the July 6 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, making its success in London improbable. In August 1775, the colonies were formally declared to be in rebellion by the Proclamation of Rebellion, and the petition was rejected by England—even though King George had refused to read the Olive Branch Petition before declaring the Colonists t
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Die Palmzweigpetition (Olive B ...... er offenen Rebellion änderten.
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La Olive Branch Petition fu un ...... ifestarono la loro ribellione.
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La Petición de la rama de oliv ...... seos de pronta reconciliación.
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La Pétition du rameau d'olivie ...... était écrit dans la pétition .
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The Olive Branch Petition was ...... laring the Colonists traitors.
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オリーブの枝請願（オリーブのえだせいがん、英:Olive B ...... からイギリス国王ジョージ3世に宛てて出された請願文書である。
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Die Palmzweigpetition (Olive B ...... Kolonien gegenüber zu ändern.
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La Olive Branch Petition fu un ...... ifestarono la loro ribellione.
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La Petición de la rama de oliv ...... seos de pronta reconciliación.
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La Pétition du rameau d'olivie ...... rce et des taxes avec Londres.
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The Olive Branch Petition was ...... fore declaring the Colonists t
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オリーブの枝請願（オリーブのえだせいがん、英:Olive B ...... からイギリス国王ジョージ3世に宛てて出された請願文書である。
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Olive Branch Petition
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Olive Branch Petition
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Palmzweigpetition
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Petición de la rama de olivo
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Pétition du rameau d'olivier
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オリーブの枝請願
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