4. If you lived in the USSR during this time, do you think you would have the "guts" to speak out against
Lenin or Stalin knowing that you could end up in a Gulag? Why or why not?

c. the king has significantly abused the colonists' rights many times over a long period of time.

i believe it would influence their own way of understanding things. it shall be a foundation where they can draw or start an argument.   historians are also  scientists that  have their tools of analysis and expertise to unlock a variety of difficulties such as relationships of man, origin, politics, economy, and culture. based on facts and understanding on these areas, they may shade light to extract ideas and develop options to validate a hypothesis or debunk it.