In "the star-spangled banner," the british are said to "vauntingly" swear that the americans will lose the battle and their nation. why does key use "vauntingly"?
(a)-he thinks they are frightening.
(b)-he thinks they are overconfident.
(c)-he thinks their navy is not as powerful.
(d)-he thinks their hatred of america comes from their lack of liberty.

The correct answer is letter "B": He thinks they are overconfident.

Explanation:

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national United States anthem based on a Poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after being a witness of the Fort MacHenry bombardment by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor. Key uses the term "vauntingly" which means "to speak vaingloriously" in order to point out how confident the British were about winning the battle but the result was not actually the one they expected.

The answer is option B.- He thinks they are overconfident.

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the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.