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title: "Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition?"  
description: "Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-04-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41075/why-did-the-continental-congress-adopt-the-olive-branch-petition  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["america and world war i", "usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition? 

Why did the Continental [Congress](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1298/the-us-will-release-chip-shortage-study-details-amid-funding-push) [adopt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81830/world-needs-to-adopt-paris-15-minute-city-model) the Olive [Branch](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41927/what-did-the-declaration-of-rights-and-the-oliv-branch-petition-have-in-common) Petition?


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