https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a Made by the politically correct en-us 2018-01-10 16:33:22 UTC 2025-10-09 16:20:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220266309 July 5th, 1775]]> 2018-01-10 17:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220266309 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220271908 2018-01-10 17:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220271908 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220272423 The Olive Branch Petition was a document drafted by John Dickinson, a politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delivered by the Continental Congress. This document was delivered to King George III. It explained they wanted a reconciliation, which in this  case means the restortion of friendly relations, but the king refused to read it. To understand why read under the title called "The British."]]> 2018-01-10 17:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220272423 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220359397 2018-01-10 19:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220359397 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220359719 2018-01-10 19:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220359719 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220360218 2018-01-10 19:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220360218 joseph_ciccarelli https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220364085 It occured because the American Colonists felt like they were not being treated right and they wanted to avoid war with Britain.]]> 2018-01-10 19:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220364085 chance_bowman https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220364213 The conflict is that the American colonists wanted  peace, so there would be no war, but the king of England refused to read it because it was an illegal document, created by an illegal congress.]]> 2018-01-10 19:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220364213 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366025 2018-01-10 19:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366025 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366313 The American colonies sent a letter to Britain about how they thought they were getting treated badly by Britain and wanted to just have more privileges compared to Britain they had very few.]]> 2018-01-10 19:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366313 joseph_ciccarelli https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366568 The King refused to read the petition. He refused to read it because it was an illegal document made by an illegal congres. It is not right for the colonists to make an illegal document and send it to the king.]]> 2018-01-10 19:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220366568 chance_bowman https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367223 One thing that happened is that King George III actually prepared for war against the colonists and hired 30,000 german troops to fight in it. They sent the troops to kill the rebels.]]> 2018-01-10 19:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367223 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367802 This war was important because it was really the genesis of the reason the colonies wrote the Olive Branch Petition. Great Britain became broke, as a result of this war. So they went to the colonies for money. The colonies felt mistreated being taxed by new laws set in place and enforced. This created tension which lead to the petition being thought to be a necessity for the colonies to stop a potential war. ]]> 2018-01-10 19:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367802 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367922 After King George heard about what the colonies wanted to do/have  he revolted, as a result he sent warships over to America.]]> 2018-01-10 19:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220367922 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220372985 The American colonies didn't care how the letter got to king george if it was illegal or not, they felt mistreated and wanted King George and all of Britain to hear what they had to say about how they felt that they were being treated.]]> 2018-01-10 20:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220372985 chance_bowman https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220377475 The Colonists could have made the document legal, as well as the congress. If they did it wouldn't have resulted in war, and would've been accepted.]]> 2018-01-10 20:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220377475 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220377984 The British started demanding money from the colonists, after seeming to neglect the existence of the colonists. They enforced rules they did not before the war.]]> 2018-01-10 20:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/220377984 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221008225 Jacob Palmer, and Derik Lawler]]> 2018-01-12 15:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221008225 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221009098 Chance Bowman, Joseph Ciccarelli, and Evan Schreivogl]]> 2018-01-12 15:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221009098 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221011137 Both sides thought as though the others could have been more realistic. The colonists thought that the British could accept their thoughts, and the British thought that they should have sent it legally. So a simple compromise is that they meet in person and discuss the issues rather than being so hostile toward each other.]]> 2018-01-12 15:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221011137 derik_lawler https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221021726 2018-01-12 16:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221021726 jacob_palmer https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221028746 They British could have read the letter, and exepted the thoughts, and made slight changes.]]> 2018-01-12 16:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_palmer/h4zha2d64k5a/wish/221028746