17) What evidence proves that Britain is not willing to release the colonies and grant them freedom? A) "I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify
those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves..."
B) "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
C) "I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the
majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."
D) "Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which
cover our waters and darken our land."