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The king did not respond to the petition to Congress' satisfaction and eight months later on July 6, 1775, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution entitled “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms.” Written by John Dickinson and Thomas
The correct answer is <span> (a) the missouri compromise.</span>
This question is a nightmare. The right answer isn't really there. A short answer would be that New England didn't want a second war with Great Britain. There was a real gaffuffle about pressing American seaman into British Navy vessels that cause Jefferson to impose an embargo. All of this centered about the war of 1812.
The choice is between A and B. I would pick A, but I can't eliminate B.
C and D are not really amongst the reasons, particularly C.
The Missouri compromise made by Henry clay said that Missouri would enter as a slave state and that Maine would enter as a free state, also everything above the 36/30 line of latitude was free and everything below it, was slave.
