Talk:Olive Branch Petition

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The introductory sentance, "The Branch Petition, drafted on July 5th, 1775, was a letter to King George III, that was shipped and put on a boat on July 8th, 1775", contains language which is confusing. Was the petition both "shipped" and "put on a boat" during the course of its journey, or is this merely a semantic oversight? The act of "shipping" during that period would be considered the same as the present-day expression to "put on a "boat." Although by both time's standands a boat and a ship are two very different vessels and as such could explain the authors simultaneous use of both expressions in reference to the delivery of the document. Clarification of such would be appreciated. 14:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)([TIRSDAG])

Probably should include a link here, though googling for it turns up dozens of copies. (If a link is included here, it should preferably be one that's easy to read. The first google hit as of today, for example, uses a smaller-than-normal font and brown text, which is significantly harder to read than, say, a Wikipedia page.)

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[edit] NPOV

"The Crown had decided to teach the rebellious colonies—who had recently gone so far as to capture Fort Ticonderoga—a lesson." Smells of bias.

Well, maybe he was retaliating. Or the person that was using this used it as a metaphor-thing. My teacher pretty much said the same thing as that when she taught us this stuff.

There is a statement in the entry on the Olive Branch petition which says that Dickinson made specific recommendations (having to do with free trade and levying taxes) as to how the King should appease the colonists, . This is at least misleading as no such statement is made in the Petition itself. Perhaps Dickinson made this suggestion elsewhere, but I am unaware of it. 71.242.51.25 (talk) 06:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately his petition was undermined by a confiscated letter of John Adams. It is POV to say that this was fortunate or unfortunate. It was unfortunate for those who desired reconciliation, fortunate for those who wanted independence. It should be sufficient to say that the confiscation of this letter undermined the petition, without judging whether this is a good or bad thing.