Towards Independence

*The Olive Branch Petition
-A petition to start peace with Great Britain.
-King George responded by calling congress "Traitors".
-"We must be independent or slaves."

*Common Sense
-Published by Thomas Paine.
-It was a pamphlet that scoffed the idea that Americans owed loyalty to King George.
-It was important because it eventually persuaded lots of colonists to be independent.