The second continental congress chose to send the olive branch petition to the king instead of parliament because
parliament had passed laws the colonists considered unfair.
parliament had offered to address their complaints.
parliament refused to receive petitions from colonists.
parliament was already on the side of the colonists.

A, parliament had passed laws the colonists considered unfair

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in which two ways were the northeast woodland indians and the southeast indians similar? both collaborated to form the iroquois confederacy. both cultivated the crops of corn, beans, and squash. both lived in rich environments of swamps and rivers. both lived in tree-bark dwellings called wigwams. both expected men to hunt, while women farmed.