Why did some american leaders oppose the idea of declaring independence? (select all that apply.) a. they were afraid they would no longer be able to write letters to relatives in great britain. b. they did not want to start a war with one of the most powerful empires on earth. c .they feared the british would enforce harsher taxes and trade laws. d. they viewed themselves as part of britain and felt independence would be treason.

Why did some American Leaders oppose the idea of declaring independence?

After each answer, a short response to the answer is provided.

The right answers are BOLDED.

(A) Honestly, this would be one of my concerns, but at the time, it definitely wasn't a real concern, considering starting a war was concerning their rights and independence as a nation.

(B) Who wants to fight a war they'll probably lose?

(C) Honestly, they were rebelling against this, so why would they even consider this a factor when fighting against it?

(D) This is the Loyalist type of thinking. When you still consider yourself a person of a certain country, and pride yourself in it, you don't really want to rebel against your "own" country.

                the united states presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 5, 1912. the election was a rare four-way contest.

                incumbent president william howard taft was renominated by the republican party with the support of its conservative wing. after former president theodore roosevelt failed to receive the republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the progressive party (nicknamed the "bull moose party"). it nominated roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. democrat woodrow wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, to the support of william jennings bryan, the three-time democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912. eugene v. debs, running for a fourth time, was the nominee of the socialist party of america.

                wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the electoral college and winning 42% of the popular vote, while roosevelt won 27%, taft 23% and debs 6%. wilson became the only elected president from the democratic party between 1892 and 1932, and the second of only two democrats to be elected president between 1860 and 1932. this was the last election in which a candidate who was not a republican or democrat came second in either the popular vote or the electoral college, and the first election in which all 48 states of the contiguous united states participated.

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