Question

select the correct text in the passage.
which sentence in this excerpt from the declaration of independence indicates that the colonists did not wish to remain hostile toward great britain in the future?
in every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. a prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
nor have we been wanting in attentions to our british brethren. we have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. they too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. we must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

Explanation:

The question asks for the sentence showing colonists did not want permanent hostility with Britain in the future. The final sentence states their stance of being enemies only in war, friends in peace, which directly conveys this intent.

Answer:

"We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends."