Question

Which statement best describes what King George III did that caused the Second Continental Congress to start drafting the Declaration of Independence?

He ordered the British Army and Navy to go to North American to find and execute the colonial leaders as traitors.


He issued a decree ordering the Port of Boston to be permanently closed until the colonies paid for the destruction of tea.


He asked the Parliament to issue new taxes and acts on the colonies that were even more harsh than the previous ones.


He rejected their attempt for peace by ignoring the Olive Branch Petition and declaring the colonies to be in rebellion.

Answer 1

What had actually caused the Second Continental Congress to start drafting the Declaration of Independence was because their was a goal to convince the states that it was time for the united colonies to declare independence from mother England.

Answer 2

option C because of the intolerable acts where he put taxes on things like paper and tea