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had declared that Portugal was entitled to lands east of a line drawn 100 leagues west of the ... were recruited from the Azores to work on sugar plantations in Louisiana. ... Born of a wealthy family in Faial, he left his privileged life behind to start over in the United States.
Explanation:
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The answer would be B, because it is mentioning the death.
I would say A or C would fit the role a topic sentence should play. Simply because B doesn't make sense unless given context with A. D doesn't make sense unless given context from A. So because of the lack of context between B and D if put in the first sentence, I would narrow it down to A or C. I'm assuming there is a was in between "Barbara" and "tired" within the first sentence. Hope that helps.