On the main business street the sun blazes with an oven-like heat. Under the shade of the
withered elms and faded maples stand the
store horses, with drooping heads, stamping
impatiently at the flies. An occasional heavy
cart rumbles by the driver lolling with throat
bare and shirt sleeves rolled to his shoulders.
The street is dry, dusty, panting and lifeless.
Suddenly a faint and prolonged roll of thunder
is heard, dying away gradually. Then the
silence is profound for every cricket has
ceased its filing. Then a quick flash, so
indistinct that it is well-nigh invisible and
seems but a quick vibration of the
atmosphere
Click the underlined phrase in the paragraphs on
page 2 that BEST supports the idea that the
approaching storm changes the mood in the
town in a significant way.
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In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.

In your own honest opinion, what are your views on same-sex relationships/marriage? be sure to include at least 2-3 paragraphs with correct spelling and appropriate language. be sure to explain why you feel/think the way you do about this particular topic. support your answer with supporting details.(for anyone that answers do not hate on anyone's answer, we all have our own point of views and opinions)

Especially since they live in pack’s whos’ leaders are the biggest and strongest of them all.