Read the claim and counterclaim. Claim: The suffragette-defaced penny is the most historically significant artifact because it s
ignifies a turning point in the fight for British women’s right to vote. Counterclaim: Thirty-three years before the defaced penny was even created, the first Women’s Suffrage Bill for Parliament had already been introduced with some success and was the true turning point in the fight. Which statement is the strongest rebuttal to the counterclaim?
C) However, it was the criminal act of defacing the king’s face on a royal coin that sent an undeniably powerful and shocking message to British society.
Where was Bill? Where were Bill’s wife and his children? Was it dangerous in London? Were there bombs? Was there a lot of food? How old were the children? Were the children frightened?
