Thomas jefferson was born in western goochland county, virginia. in 1760 he entered the college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. he later studied law and was reasonably successful as a lawyer, but his main source of income came from farming his land. in 1767 jefferson began work on his mountaintop estate, monticello, near what is now charlottesville, virginia. he designed the mansion himself. which of the following can the reader infer from the passage above? a. jefferson was the third president of the united states. b. jefferson was a man with many experiences. c. thomas jefferson was born in western goochland county, virginia. d. jefferson wrote the declaration of independence.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean or south america, you were now part of the sugar machine. and it did not much matter where your ship landed. you could be working the fertile fields of brazil or the hills of jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. how does the use of the word machine support the authors' claim in this passage? its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings. its negative denotation indicates that some people preferred handmade sugar over factory-produced sugar. its positive connotation indicates that plantations ran efficiently and produced huge amounts of sugar. its positive denotation indicates that it was easier for enslaved people to make sugar with machines.