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AFTER RECEIVING THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION, KING GEORGE III DID WHAT?

• EXECUTED THE MESSENGER

• DID NOT EVEN READ IT

• MENDED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLONIES

• HAD A MEETING WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON AND COLONIAL DELEGATESL

THOMAS PAINE AUTHORS WHAT PAMPHLET?

• COMMON SENSE

• MAGNA CARTA

• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• CONSTITUION

HOW DID PARLIAMENT RESPOND TO THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION?

• DECIDED TO THROW IT AWAY

• SENDING THEIR OWN PETITION BACK TO THE COLONIES AS A COMPROMISE

• ACCEPTING THEIR PETITION AND DISCUSSING TERMS WITH KING GEORGE III

• CLOSING OFF ALL TRADE WITH THE COLONIES

WHAT ISSUES DID THE CONTINENTAL ARMY HAVE?

• DISCIPLINE

• SHORT SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT

• POOR LEADERSHIP

• TOO SKILLED & TOO GOOD

WHO DID THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPOINT AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF?

• THOMAS PAINE

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• KING GEORGE III

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

HOW DID GEORGE WASHINGTON DEAL WITH HIS SOLDIERS?

• WITH RESPECT

• GIVING THEM AN INCREASE IN WAGES

• LASHINGS AND COURT MARSHALLS

• KICKING THEM OUT OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY

THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION DESCRIBED THE DISPLEASURES AGAINST WHO?

• PARLIAMENT

• KING GEORGE III

• THOMAS PAINE

• RICHARD HENRY LEE

HOW DID KING GEORGE III DECIDE TO RESPOND AFTER DISMISSING THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION

• SENT 400 SHIPS

• SENT 32,000 BRITISH TROOPS

• SENT 12,000 HESSIAN GERMAN SOLDIERS

• SIGNED PETITION WITH GERMANY AS AN ALLIE

WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

• JOHN ADAMS

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

• RICHARD HENRY LEE

WHERE DID MOST OF THE INSPIRATION COME FROM WHEN WRITING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

• THOMAS HOBBES

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• JOHN LOCKE

• KING GEORGE III