Read the following excerpt and answer the question that follows.

abridged from robinson crusoe, by daniel defoe

being the third son of the family and not bred to any trade, my head began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts. my father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent share of learning, as far as house-education and a country free school generally go, and designed me for the law; but i would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea; and my inclination to this led me so strongly against the will, nay, the commands of my father, and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that propensity of nature, tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me.

what does the historical context of the writing demonstrate or tell you?

a. even in that time, children and parents disagreed about what was best for the future.
b. unlike today, children in that time did exactly what their parents wanted them to do.
c. it was unusual in that time for children to take on their parents' careers, as they do today.
d. children who grew up in that time had their careers decided upon from their birth.

a. even in that time, children and parents disagreed about what was best for the future.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, we can see the description of how the speaker wanted to be a sailor and going to the see, but his father wanted him to study law, despite his father's will, he decided to do what his was really passionate about. So in this excerpt we can see that even in that time, children and parents disagreed about what was best for the future.

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war