The reason why Great Britain and France declared war on Germany at the beginning of the second World war was because A - The invasion of Poland.
When Germany invaded Poland this was the beginning of what would later be called the second World war. A tense atmosphere was brewing up in Europe for a few years since then already because when Hitler's party took charge of Germany, it increasingly militarized the country and was preparing it for war.
The Second Continental Congress decided to choose Thomas Jefferson of Virginia,Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, John Adams of Massachusetts , Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York to sign the statement
Answer:
it is basically an opinion answer. there is no wrong answer per se but Lincoln's plan was more moderate. His biggest desire was to re-unite the country, not to punish them. they probably would have been more ok with what the Radical Republicans wanted which was to punish the South.
