The colonists sent formal resolutions and
formal complaints to

Not sure which petition you're referring to, but if it's the Olive Branch Petition it's King George III and if it's anything else it's Brittish Parliament.

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King George III

I hope this helps! /~\

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.

athena gives perseus a mirror sp he won't directly look back at her.