Hmmm........... probably C.
First Question:
The conflict of Tidewater vs Piedmont was a result of the various different waves of immigrants to the US. Early English settlers who first arrived in Virginia settled in the areas near the ocean (Tidewater), which had a richer soil and allowed them to produce more crops and generate better revenue. Later immigrants, both from Europe and from other regions in the US, were left with the area of Piedmont, closer to the mountains. The heavy clay made it difficult to farm, creating inequalities between the two regions.
Second Question:
These events foreshadowed the eventual Revolutionary War in two main ways:
1. It provided evidence of how the immigration experience could be so different for each wave of people. Closer to the Revolutionary War, recent immigrants felt a stronger attachment to England, while older gentry already well established in the country felt more American. Also, the differences in income meant that well-off Americans were more interested in governing themselves, as opposed to being taxed by a foreign power.
2. It highlighted issued of territory and division, in particular after the split of Virginia. These issues would become very significant after independence.
There is a fairy tale called "The Emperor's New Clothes." In the story the Emperor is a vain man and always wants the newest fashions. A couple of swindlers convince him that the clothes they are making him are of such fine quality that only the most elevated people can see them. He can't admit that he's not the most elevated person, so he wears the clothes in the palace, and everyone bows down and says what a fine set of clothes he has because they are afraid to contradict the Emperor. Then he goes out and leads a parade to show off his new clothes to the people (lack of foresight on his part, unless he thinks all his people are highly elevated.) Everyone pretends to admire the clothes except one little boy who yells out "But the Emperor has no clothes." The moral is that because of pretentiousness and social hypocricy people pretend to know about or agree with certain things because it makes them look better. And also, I suppose, that the honesty of the innocent is best.
Hope that helps!
