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"The next matter I shall recommend to you is the providing more effectively for the security of your frontiers against [American] Indians, who notwithstanding the many parties of Rangers [militia, or local men who volunteered for colonial defense] have . . . killed and carried off at least twenty of our outward inhabitants and Indian allies; I have attempted by several ways to oppose those [invasions] but after some trouble and expense have only experienced that our people are not ready for warlike undertakings. . . . The [condition of our Indian allies has] of late approved themselves to be ready and faithfully allied, and I am persuaded that setting them along our frontiers without all our inhabitants . . . would be a better and cheaper safeguard to the country than the old method of Rangers."Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood, addressing the members of the House of Burgesses, 1713Which of the following best describes a purpose of the excerpt?AThe Virginia governor is seeking support from the colonial legislature for his plan to address conflict between settlers and American Indians in frontier areas.BThe Virginia governor is warning American Indians that he will authorize military action if they continue assaults on settlers.CThe Virginia governor is seeking pardon from the House of Burgesses for his inability to protect them from violent conflict with American Indians.DThe Virginia governor is soliciting the support of allied American Indians for his plan to provide security in the West.
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