... Washington as Commander-in-Chief. The Congress would become the legislative branch of the war effort that would sign treaties, make declarations and appoint ambassadors. Some delegates, most notably John Dickinson, wanted to avoid the war where he sent a petition to the Parliament known as the Olive Branch Petition. This petition expressed their wishes for peace and to appeal to the ... ...

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... right to put taxes on the trade of the colonies but could not place taxes directly on the colonists to raise revenue(America Online). The spokesperson of the colonies, John Dickinson, wrote in his "Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer," on the issue of direct taxes. He distinguished between taxes that were imposed to regulate trade and those that were intended solely to ... ...

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