Europeans settled the north american continent gradually. first, colonists created settlements along the east coast. once these were well established, people began to move to the midwest in search of open space and land for farming. with the gold rush, followed by severe droughts in the middle of the country, more and more settlers began pushing all the way to the west coast, where frontier outposts turned into thriving cities. finally, alaska and hawaii were added to the united states in 1959.which excerpt from the text best shows that the passage uses a sequential pattern?
a. frontier outposts turned into thriving cities
b. first, colonists created settlements along the east coast.
c. europeans settled the north american continent gradually.
d. severe droughts in the middle of the country

It is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty, which, with his boundless valour, made him revered and terrible in the sight of his soldiers, but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli what kind of reasoning does machiavelli use in this excerpt? he uses inductive reasoning because he offers statistics to prove his claim. he uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern and proves a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he relies on scientific experiments to prove a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he introduces a conclusion and proves it with evidence.