which two of the following sentences from the article include central ideas of the article? 1. in their eyes, americans posed a greater threat to their land, their liberty and their way of life than did the faraway british king. 2. the colonial government in london responded by declaring the appalachian mountains the boundary between british settlement and indian lands. 3. by april 1783, britain recognized the independence of the united states at the peace of paris. 4. the government needed to sell that land to american settlers to help raise the money vital to the new country's future.