Read the explanatory thesis statement. THESIS STATEMENT: The Boston Tea Party was a significant step toward the American Revolution. Which statement of evidence best supports this thesis statement? Select one: The Tea Party was a response to British taxation, which was what later sparked people to rebel. Nobody died at the Boston Tea Party, and the property damage was actually small. The Sons of Liberty organized the Tea Party, and that group had five thousand members. Benjamin Franklin offered to pay the British for the tea that was destroyed, and the British refused.

Which statement best describes a difference between the poem "ellis island" and the essay ": a native american view"? the poem discusses difficulties encountered by europeans, but the essay does not. the essay discusses the identity of the author, but the poem does not. the poem discusses immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the essay does not. the essay discusses hopes for america, but the poem does not.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful

Part a how does mundra develop a theme of the story? a. her choice to take something that does not belong to her develops the theme that continual abuse leads many to a life of crime. b. her decision to escape her situation develops the theme that there is only so much abuse a person will tolerate. c. her attempt to defend herself develops the theme that resisting punishment may often lead to further abuse. d. her decision to accept her fate develops the theme that people eventually abandon hope when faced with regular abuse. part b which quotation from the text best supports the response to part a? a. “an old blue rag, the remnants of a sari, lay on the floor near her. mundra picked it up quickly. as quickly and silently she slipped across the street, and—unholy act! ” b. “when mundra's tired hand relaxed its hold upon the handle of the grinding-stones and the strength in her little body gave out, with one swing of the arm, down upon the child's bare back came the tongs.” c. “down came the hot tongs a second time upon the tender, though dark, skin and mundra fell in a faint beside the mill.” d. “she knew not what might await her there, but, childlike, she had faith to believe that even unknown people would not treat a beggar more cruelly than she, a widow, had been treated by her own.”