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Who led the moderate faction at the second continental congress and won approval of a petition expressing loyalty to george iii and asking for a repeal of oppressive parliamentary legislation?

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John Dickinson led the moderate faction at the second continental congress and wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which pledged loyalty to King George III. The petition was sent to the king in July of 1775, but he rejected it outright.
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