"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?
(1 point)
• British officials and the Coercive Acts
• Native Americans and the Proclamation Line
• Parliament and the Declaratory Act
• Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea
1 answer
The quote most clearly supports an argument in favor of British officials and the Coercive Acts.
Lord North is expressing a sentiment that the American colonies have acted against British authority, and suggests that a stronger response (like the Coercive Acts) is necessary due to the colonists' actions.
