Petition to the King

Petition to the King）》；在第二次大陆会议上，起草了1775年《橄榄枝请愿书》，试图与英国国王斡旋。当这些努力失败后，他与托马斯·杰斐逊合作撰写最终版本、1775年《关于拿起武器的原因和必要的宣言（英语：Declaration of the Causes and

Resolves of the First Continental Congress）》（闡述殖民者反抗原因、困境及應得之權利）、《大陸協定（英语：Continental Association）》（決議1774年12月起開始罷買英貨）、及《致英王請願書（英语：Petition to the King

furnished, the Revd William Frederick Kelly, Minister and Chaplain in Matale, and 36 others sent their petition to the Rt Revd James Chapman, D.D., to dedicate

Continental Congress）在1774年10月曾向喬治三世發送了《致英皇請願書（英语：Petition to the King）》，而第二屆大陸議會（英语：Second Continental Congress）又在1775年7月向倫敦發送《橄欖枝請願書》

Initiative Petition," "Proposed to the People by the Legislature," and "Amendment to the Constitution Proposed by the Legislature," to Be Submitted to the Legal