The petition, warned the British legal means of protest had the colonists already tried, was the British response, and conclusions Jefferson draw.
The Olive Branch Petition was a last-ditch effort by the settlers to avoid war with Britain during the American Revolutionary War. It was a document in which settlers swore allegiance to the royal family and claimed their rights as British citizens. The Olive Branch Petition was accepted by Congress on July 5, 1775.
Jefferson draws an opening sentence stating the main purpose of the Declaration, which is to declare the settlers' revolutionary rights. In other words, "to explain what drives them apart." Congress had to prove the legitimacy of the cause. It has defied the most powerful nation on earth.
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