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The English built a small fort on a small island off the coast of Virginia. The Aquascogoc, a Native American tribe, showed little interest in building relations with the English. Eventually, the English burned down the tribe's village after an argument over a stolen silver cup.
Explanation:
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Locate the main idea because that's most important thing
The basic idea of this quote )and the lines that come before it) is that one must live life to the fullest extent possible. Thoreau is giving this as his reason for coming out into the woods. He doesn't want to be in the position where, when he's about to die, he realizes that he never really lived.
