By: Kelly FitzGerald

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By Kelly FitzGerald
Olive Branch
PetitioN
Period 8 Social Studies Tech7-9
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Introduction
The Olive Branch Petition

• Created by Continental Congress
• Attempt to prevent war
• One of the two main documents written in American
  point of view
• Resulted in Revolutionary War

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The Continental Congress

• The Continental Congress formed
• Problems
• Militias formed
• Americans prepared for war - just in case
• King George III wouldnt consider the complaints
• Massachusetts was declared to be in rebellion
• Question Was it possible to make a peaceful
  solution???

Continental Congress
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What is the Olive Branch Petition?

• Kind petition to King George III
• Make peace before War
• Assert rights of colonists

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Who?

• 48 Signatures including
• John Dickinson
• John Adams
• Stephen Hopkins
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Delegates
• King George III
• Britain vs. America

Morph
Me into John Dickinson
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Where?

• Representatives from the following colonies
  signed it
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland
• Delaware
• North South Carolina
• Virginia
• -Olive Branch Petition Shipped to London

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WHEN?
July 5th 1775 Olive Branch Petition adopted by
second continental congress
BEFORE
July 8th 1775 Olive Branch Petition submitted to
King George III
Occurred Before the American Revolution
American Revolution
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? WHY ?

• Repeal Intolerable Acts
• Peace before war
• Assert rights of colonists while staying loyal to
  British crown

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Why is it called the OLIVE BRANCH Petition?

• Olive Branch is a peace symbol
• The Olive Branch Petition was a peace petition

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King George IIIs Reaction

• Outraged
• Disregarded it
• Rejected the petition
• Wanted to put an end to the disorders
• Started the Revolutionary war
• Disregard- to ignore something

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SUCCESS or FAILURE?

• FAILURE
• WHY IT FAILED
• Wasnt read
• Misunderstanding of its purpose
• Continental Congress failed to make peace before
  war

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Summary

• Petition was created to make peace before war
• King George III refused to read it and became
  extremely angry
• Failure

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