What was the second continental congress seeking when the "olive branch petition" was sent to king george iii in 1775?

In an effort to end the civil war, in 1864 the union planned to

What parallelism is used in the following verse? for the lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. caesura cinquain synonymous synthetic contrasting

In a story containing the following points, which would likely occur last?