<span>a. the Cultural Revolution </span>,b. the Great Leap Forward, c. political reform, f. economic reform. Wouldn't hurt to double check!
<span>There are numerous lessons that the Progressive Era can offer about the United States and their social problems in 2017. Some of the lessons are; to educate women and minorities, to have a fair government, to have minimum wage, and they don't need to push all immigrant groups to be Americanized. Another thing that could help the social problems today is to still create fair and safe working conditions at every work site. </span>
The Federal Government's first entry into transportation was National Road (b). The Federal Government was concerned with the speed at which goods were transported from their source to their destination. Goods were primarily transported overland by horse and rider. They were transported along the waterways by ships and sail boats. The first road that the government funded was the Boston Post Road. It was built to increase the speed of the delivery of mail. The Boston Post Road was constructed between New York City and Boston.
Do you know the context?
I suppose the quotation is stressing that the writer has put a lot of effort into getting their argument/grievances heard by the parliament, and that said parliament is 'tyrannical', implying that it rules without concern for the people or accountability to them. It seems that the quote may be a way of justifying some later action, essentially saying; 'we've tried and failed to do this in the proper way, so now we must be more forceful'.