Olive Branch Petition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:author gptkb:John_Dickinson
gptkbp:context gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:date July 5, 1775
gptkbp:format written document
gptkbp:historical_analysis debated by historians
gptkbp:historical_context growing tensions between colonies and Britain
gptkbp:historical_impact led to increased support for independence
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:historical_significance represents colonial unity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olive Branch Petition
gptkbp:influence subsequent revolutionary actions
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkbp:number_of_signers 56
gptkbp:outcome rejected by the British government
gptkbp:purpose to avoid war with Great Britain
gptkbp:received gptkb:King_George_III
gptkbp:rejection_date August 1775
gptkbp:related_concept gptkb:political_negotiations
gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:Lexington_and_Concord
gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkb:administration
gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:Declaration_of_the_Causes_and_Necessity_of_Taking_Up_Arms
gptkb:military_conflict
gptkb:U._S._Constitution
patriotism
colonial resistance
taxation without representation
colonial governance
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
loyalism
British response
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Declaration_of_Independence
gptkbp:responds_to King George III declared the colonies in rebellion
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkbp:significance attempted reconciliation with Britain
gptkbp:type gptkb:protests
gptkbp:year 1775
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3