Toward Independence

Toward Independence

~Olive Branch Petition: A petition to end the quarrel.

~Response: The King declared colonists to be "open and avowed rebellion" and ordered his ministers "to bring the traitors to justice."

~Quote: "We must be independent or slaves."

~Common Sense:
- Thomas Paine published it.
- It supported independence.
- It was important because, it gave colonists a brighter future that independence is very sensible.