The answer is B. citizens can affect policies without running for office
The answer is letter B. They used education and humanist ideas. This is how the Jesuits set out to spread the Catholic faith around the world. They established schools in Spain, France, South America and other selected countries.
Persuading the French to aid the colonies in the war
Ben Franklin was a diplomat to France and worked to negotiate an alliance between the colonies and the French.
Benjamin Franklin was well known in France for his work in science and in intellectual circles. This made him the perfect person to negotiate an alliance with the much needed country of France. France was hesitant to join in an independence movement unless the Americans could prove some success. Following the Battle of Saratoga, which was an American victory, France was willing to make an alliance. This alliance provided weapons, money, supplies, and training which were all needed by colonial troops.
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School. My thanks to judges so that the Constitution does not become their “ plaything” but that (2) protects keeping up with the times.106.
