According to information in the passage, which group MOST influenced the decision to raise the U. S. flag?

The Congress had the most effect on the decision to fly the American flag.

The legislation to establish a national flag for the The Us was enacted expressly on June 14, 1777, in the United States House of representatives.

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The group that MOST influenced the decision to raise the U.S. flag was the Congress.

Explanation:

In the US Congress of 1777, the act to establish an official flag for the United States was passed specifically on June 14, 1777.  Congress, therefore, highly influenced the hoisting of the flag of the United States and officially brought it into existence.  In the resolution to establish the flag, it was stated: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." Now the flag has 50 stars representing the 50 states of the United States.

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