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The Quakers in Pennsylvania refused to support any declaration of independence unless the Congress first attempted to resolve the situation peacefully. The Quakers were very influential and managed to get a majority of Congress to agree to send a polite note pleading for peace and negotiation. (The King's response was to angrily denounce the Congress and call for execution of anyone associated with the independence movement.) The King definitely did not want the Olive Branch. The Olive Branch Petition did apparently have an influence on some in Parliament, who continued to make pleas to the King for the next 5 years while the war raged on.
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What letter was sent to King George the third asking him to repeal The Intolerable Acts?
The olive branch
Who did the members of the First Continental Congress send their requests to?
according to my social studies book...... it says that they sent the olive branch petition.
What petition did the Second Continental Congress sent King George the 3rd?
The purpose of the petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress was to declare their right to approve laws passed by Parliament on behalf of the colonies.
Did the second continental congress write the constitution?
The US Constitution was not written at the Second Continental Congress, but rather the Constitutional Convention. It was written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. The Second Continental Congress adopted the United States Declaration of Independence.
Was the Declaration of Independence a law or a letter?
It was both. First it was a letter, well a petition sent to the king to see if he approved. Then it became a law when it was approved.
