The Olive Branch Petition
a. offered to end armed resistance if the king would remove British troops and repeal the Intolerable Acts. b. declared loyalty to Parliament but not to the king.
c. offered Parliament some authority over colonial assemblies.
d. promised continued commercial relations with Britain in exchange for independence.
ANSWER: a
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