Which of these sentences has a compound object?
a. frank biked to the train station and then rode the train to work.
b. at the thrift store, tammy found plates and bowls.
c. luke and shannon met at the library at 5: 00 to study.
d. josephina and tina celebrated their birthdays on the same day.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

the answer can be "credo" it means to believe = the word credo means "an official statement of beliefs"