In the last part 1 is "decreeing" and 2 is "endorsement" as you wrote.
"nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren" i believe that this is the whole sentence. Wanting in attentions just means drawing attention to yourself, so in the context it means the American colonies didn't want to draw the attention of their "British brethren" it basically means they wanted to be inconspicuous:)
Answer: C. The Sierra Club was established and is still running today to protect the Sierra region.
Explanation:
John Muir was a famous environmentalist in the late 1800s and the early 1900s who fought for the protection of the U.S. mountains, rivers, and generally the U.S. wilderness.
He founded the Sierra Club which has continued his legacy and continues to take care of various wilderness areas in the United States including in Sierra where it lobbies government whenever a perceived threat is noticed.
It allows the essay or writing to look professional and neat so you as the writer look more mature.
Answer: (A) The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country...
Explanation:
Using Parallelism in writing refers to repeating words, phrases or the grammatical structure of the sentence to give the sentence/s a feeling of cohesion and flow thus making it easier to read and understand.
Some famous examples include the following statements by past presidents; "<em>My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country</em>." by John F. Kennedy and "<em>We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers.</em>" by George Bush.
Option A out of all the options lacks this principle of speech and hence does not support the idea that Thomes Paine uses parallelism to strengthen his argument in <em>The Crisis</em>.