PLZ HELP ME WITH THIS ASAP! During the earliest days of the American Revolution, General Washington believed that the war would be short and end in colonial independence.

soldiers’ short enlistment periods doomed colonial chances of victory.

financial support from other countries would mean a colonial victory.

the war would be long but would end in colonial independence.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865