The reason that groups will spend large amounts of money for a candidate is to make the candidate more well known to the public. The public will most likely choose that they know more about, and whether they feel safe with that person being in that position. So, like an old phrase, " Winning the hearts and eyes of the public."<span />
<span>John Dickinson led the moderate faction at the second continental congress and wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which pledged loyalty to King George III. The petition was sent to the king in July of 1775, but he rejected it outright.</span>
