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Read the excerpt from paragraph 3.

(3) I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose them?

Does Henry provide valid reasoning for his argument that Britain's war preparations are meant for the colonists?

A. No, because he doesn't show who the other possible enemies could be.
B. Yes, because he uses a slippery slope argument to scare the audience.
C. No, because he doesn't provide the evidence to support his argument.
D. Yes, because he clearly shows the British are arming to attack the colonies.



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