Select the correct answer.

Read the excerpt from paragraph 3 of the passage:

"Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament."

What connection does Henry make with his use of repetition?

A. The desire of the colonists to overthrow British rule and govern by independence
B. The need to work together to keep peace with Great Britain
C. The past attempts at settlement that have worked for other nations
D. The failed attempts at compromise that have brought them to this point