The FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS wrote a petition to the king. The America colonists were not given any place in the British parliament and the laws that this parliament are enacting are affecting them negatively. They wanted to avoid war with the British so they decided to write a letter to King George to present their grievances.
It was the First Continental Congress that wrote a petition to king George declaring parliament couldn't pass laws on the colonists without representation by colonists, since the colonists wanted to avert war with Britain if at all possible
After the civil war happened, Lincoln was arguing about the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. He basically felt more forgiving. This is why this is false.
