The two primary reasons the colonists gave for not wanting to declare their independence were 1) that they would be going up against the greatest military in the world (Britain), and that 2) they would loose their military protection.
The press -- mass media
John O'Sullivan coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny" to describe what he saw as the God-appointed duty of the United States to expand across the North American continent and to lead the world by the example of its values. O'Sullivan was editor of the <em>Democratic Review </em>and of the <em>New York Morning News </em>when editorials in both publications (in July 1845) put forth arguments for annexing Texas and the Oregon Territory. US public policy in the years that followed did essentially pursue the sort of territorial goals O'Sullivan had described, even if not always with his same spiritual ideology in mind.
I taught the one lesson we actually needed. Kindness hence 'kind'ergarten
The Republican Isolationists refuse to ratify President Wilson's League of Nations because they were opposed to Article 10 that could infringe upon the United States right to declare war and expand its territories. The answer is D. I hope it helps.
