Petition to the King

The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. The King's rejection of the Petition, was one of the causes of the later United States Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress had hoped to resolve conflict without a war.

1774 Petition to the King
CreatedOctober 1774
RatifiedOctober 25, 1774
LocationEngrossed copy:
Library of Congress
Author(s)John Dickinson et al.
Signatories51 delegates to the Continental Congress
PurposeAvoiding war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies
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