(01.02 MC)Reаd the excerpt frоm Histоry оf the United Stаtes by Chаrles and Mary Beard. Then answer the question that follows.Though blood had been shed and war was actually at hand, the second Continental Congress, which met at Philadelphia in May, 1775, was not yet convinced that conciliation was beyond human power. It petitioned the king to interpose on behalf of the colonists in order that the empire might avoid the calamities of civil war.Which of the following best paraphrases the excerpt?