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Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition?

Ato declare colonial independence from England
Bto prevent Parliament from breaking with the colonies until a compromise could be worked out
Cto protest England's taxation of the colonies

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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.

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Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition?

to prevent Parliament from breaking with the colonies until a compromise could be worked out

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