The quote most clearly supports an argument in favor of British officials and the Coercive Acts. Lord North is expressing frustration with the American colonists' actions and advocating for a stronger response, which aligns with the implementation of the Coercive Acts as a means to enforce British authority.
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“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?
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British officials and the Coercive Acts
British officials and the Coercive Acts
Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party
Native Americans and the Proclamation Line
Native Americans and the Proclamation Line
Parliament and the Declaratory Act
Parliament and the Declaratory Act
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