It was for Natural resources, renaissance, overpopulation, and for religious reasons. Hope this helps.
<span>John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress
on July 5 and submitted to King George on July 8, 1775. It was an
attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their
loyalty to the British crown.</span>
Answer:
some of them are that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men.
