John Adams told the Second Continental Congress that the 13 Colonies did not owe loyalty to the British King.
No president said this because when it was said there wasn't a United States, a constitution and no president. It was before all of that happened.
John adams
Im not 100% sure, but I think it was Thomas Paine
Im not 100% sure, but I think it was Thomas Paine
John Dickson
They passed resolutions that favored both negotiations and a tough stance against the British government.
Well they tried the Olive Branch Petition but Britain sent it back with Hessians which are German soldiers who are hired to fight. And then they had the Revolutionary War. Hope that helped you. -Susu :]
The loyalists were individuals that lived within the colonies yet still gave their loyalty to the British. After the Revolutionary War many of the loyalist left the colonies to live in Canada territories.
It sent the Olive Branch Petition to the King, affirming loyalty and entreating prevention of further conflict.
The American colonies did not feel any loyalty to Britain. After centuries of controlling themselves, they did not feel that the British could step in and order them around.
When the King imposed various taxes on the colonies. The colonies protest the various tax and laws which made them end up in a Revolutionary War. The British wanted the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War.
the first one declared loyalty to the king and boycotted British goods and also called for each state to start armies also they said that the intolerable acts were not right the second wrote the declaration of independence and started coming up with a form of government. VERSACE VERSACE
First Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Rights
A letter written by the Second Continental Congress to King George, addressing colonial problems and also a last resort to avoid futher bloodshed in the americas. A Petition sent to King George III to repeal the Intolerable Acts In the Olive Branch Petition they declared their loyalty to the king and asked him to repeal the Intolerable Acts.