The Latin American nations were struggling to win independence from Spain and Portugal
The American Revolution influenced the French Revolution, because it showed the French people that kings could be overthrown.
*Explanation*
Before the American Rev., the French were loyal to their rulers. Some rallied, and when a king was overthrown, most french realized it could happen in France, too.
Answer: Tan builds a central idea of her story analyzing the type of questions and how they can affect students' ability to write well.
Explanation:
Tan analyses the type of questions and exercises present in the test, and quoting her mother, she affirms that are too easy.
In the given example: "Even though Tom was <u>foolish</u>, Mary thought he was <u>ridiculous</u>." The adjectives <u>foolish</u> and <u>ridiculous</u> can be replaced by any other. In that way, Tan asserts that this kind of tests might affect students' ability to write well because they aren't putting real effort on solving them.
