“His Majesty having nothing so much at heart as to improve the great and important advantages gained the last Campaign in North America; & not doubting that all his faithful & brave subjects there will continue most cheerfully to cooperate with…completing the reduction of all Canada…, I am commanded to signify to you the King’s pleasure that you do forthwith use your utmost endeavors and influence with the Council and Assembly of your Province to induce them to raise…at least as large a body of men as they did for the last campaign... into Canada, in order to reduce Montreal & all other posts belonging to the French... arms, ammunition & tents... at the King’s charge... the future safety and welfare of America are so nearly concerned, & the King doubts not from your known fidelity and attachment that you will employ yourself with the utmost application & dispatch, in this promising & decisive fight.” - William Pitt, in a signed letter to the “Governor & Company of Connecticut” (1760)

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Answer:

The Aswer is:

Ask for efforts to take control of strategic locations in North America, avoiding the french influence in that place, and especially, to overcome France as economic and political power.

Explanation:

First, let's understand who is writing this letter. This person called William Pitt was a British war minister who acted during the Seven Years War. This conflict between two emergent political powers (England, and France in this case), it was motivated by the control of strategical areas in North America.  

Now we can focus on the letter's content. Pitt is asking for King George III to take some locations in Canada - Montreal and other french settlements. This proposal had two main motifs: to obtain the control of rivers and to avoid french influence in North America. To accomplish this effort, William Pitt uses, as of argument, the idea that America was from Great Britain.

Answer:

A

Explanation:

This excerpt supports the idea of unity among the provinces in the fight against the French.

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