This month marks the 250th anniversary — the semiquincentennial — of a document enacted almost exactly a year before the Declaration of Independence: “The Olive Branch Petition,” ratified ...

A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched ...

This image provided by The New York Public Library shows a document known as the “Olive Branch Petition,” asking King George III to restore harmony between Britain and the American colonies ...

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