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Use the quote to answer the question. "The Americans have tarred and feathered your subjects, plundered your merchants, burnt your ships, denied all obedience to your laws and authority; yet so clement and so long forbearing has our conduct been that it is incumbent on us now to take a different course. Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over." —Lord North This quote most clearly supports an argument in favor of what?
A. British officials and the Coercive Acts
B. Native Americans and the Proclamation Line
C. Parliament and the Declaratory Act
D. Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party
Answer:
A. British officials and the Coercive Acts
Explanation:
This text was presented by Lord North in favor of British officials and in favor of the execution of coercive acts that were capable of restoring British authority in America and punishing the acts that the Americans were doing against British sovereignty. In short, Lord North stated that it was necessary to act to contain the practices that the Americans did against the empire, which were harmful and threatened their sovereignty.
