Why did the provisional government declare itself to be the republic of hawaii?
a. the blount report ruled in their favor
b. they were afraid the american president would remove them from power
c. they wanted to be independent of the united states
d. they were happy about the blount report's conclusions
e. none of the above

Before they can be published, scientific papers must be peer-reviewed. this means that: a) some other scientific experts read the papers and guarantee that they are true.b) some other scientific experts read the papers and provide quality control by eliminating many mistakes.c) an editor reads the papers, to make sure that all the semicolons are in the correct places.d) everyone in the world is given the opportunity to comment on the papers through a specially maintainedblog.e) government bureaucrats read the papers, to be sure that the papers do not insult the political positions ofthe current officeholders.