“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)

Answer 1

The quote most clearly supports an argument in favor of taking a different course of action in response to the actions of the Americans.