The pentagon papers showed that nixon had no idea how to handle the war in vietnam. proved that nixon lied when he promised duri
ng the 1972 presidential campaign that he would get america out of vietnam. showed that the government had lied to the public over major events in the vietnam war to manipulate public opinion. proved that massive numbers of civilians were murdered or abused by u.s. soldiers. uncovered illegal campaign activities by nixon and his staff.
The colony of New York had to overcome the fact that they had a single government so they could make quick easy choices, and adapt to a government outside of their colony.
