Answer:
C. Observing what happened to the Spartans and the Romans shows that it is best to destroy a newly acquired state that is accustomed to freedom.
Explanation:
Nicolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a book that details how a ruler may acquire and maintain power over a city-state. The book deals in great detail about how power can be acquired and how a ruler may sustain the maintenance of his power over any state.
In the given paragraph from Chapter 5 of the book, Machiavelli states how a city-state that is accustomed to freedom is less likely to be kept fully under control. Rather, it is best to destroy such type of city-state for it presents no real future for a ruler/ prince. This, he claimed, is based on observing what had happened to the Spartans and Romans.
Thus, the best summary of the given passage is option C.
A D A C C A are all the answers
Answer: The presidents XD the presidents don't care about us they just want the money and fame
Explanation:
<u>Answer:</u>
(A) The first sentence lists specific conditions followed by what might eventually happen.
(C) The second sentence starts with the expression “for this reason”.
(D) The second sentence lists potential consequences of the situation described.
These features of the passage identify it as using a cause-and-effect structure
<u>Explanation:</u>
"Cause and effect" is a common way to explain reasons of why something happened. Writer organizes the information with this type of structure.
In the given passage, first the issue is identified that the people of the country do not have the old prince, so the effect is that they must live under the new one. Then it also describes the reason that they are slow to take up arms, in the next sentence. It is giving the consequences of one situation and describing the other as per option D.
Answer:
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Explanation:
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