Why might it have been easy for the British to take control of the island from the Spanish?

The It would have been easier because the British were a lot stronger than them. Not to mention that Britain had already captured both the Spanish Cuba and Philippines.

Early in the story when tom finds an indian skull in the woods which he kicks in temper. the devil then makes his appearance and, as tom surveys him, he notices that the devil is neither "negro" nor "indian." in fact, he has a "swarthy" complexion and is "begrimed with soot."

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