"I Observed with Great Concern a Paragraph with the Signature

question 45

Multiple Choice

"I observed with great concern a paragraph with the signature of 'Consideration,' calculated to deter you from paying for the tea,a measure at this alarming juncture highly necessary and what every REAL friend to the cause of America must think your indispensible duty.While we contend for liberty,let us not destroy the idea of justice.A trespass has been committed on private property in consequence of the Resolves of your town.Restore to the sufferers the most ample compensation for the injury they have received-convince your enemies that their property is secure in every Port on the British Continent-Convince them that you do not regard the value of the article destroyed-that you only deny the right of taxation.Let not the annals of your history be sullied by a refusal-pay for the tea-it will rejoice your friends-it will convince your adversaries that the cause you are attach'd to is a righteous and just cause.Convince them that you regard honesty as much as liberty,and that you detest libertinism and licentiousness...." Why did this anonymous author think that the patriots should pay for the tea lost during the Boston Tea Party?

• A) So that observers do not become distracted by the destruction of property and lose sight of the real goal of liberty
• B) Because the author disagrees with the goal of independence
• C) So that the patriots could show the British that they were rich
• D) Because they were wrong to destroy the tea under any circumstances

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