Explain why it made sense to think that the colonists would lose the war for independence and that england would win

In what two ways were the tang and song dynasties of china similar? they jointly built the grand canal. they were economically strong. they had weak military forces. they ruled for about 300 years. they discouraged buddhist ideas.

Apurging of emotions, specially pity and fear

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is