(1) Hawaii officially became a state on August 21, 1959. (2) Before then, the international community recognized Hawaii as an independent kingdom. (3) My parents went on a honeymoon to Hawaii in the 1980s. (4) Although Europeans didn’t discover the island until the eighteenth century, scientists believe that the island’s earliest Polynesian settlers arrived around 300 B.C. (5) When British Captain James Cook journeyed to the islands in 1778, Kamehameha was the ruling monarch. (6) The monarchy continued to rule Hawaii for nearly a hundred years before sugar growers became angry with the government. (7) They overthrew the sitting queen. (8) Hawaii existed as a republic for several years before the United States annexed it. (9) When Hawaii finally became a state, the island’s people received full citizenship.

Question

Samuel is revising his oral presentation on the history of Hawaii and would like to shorten it. Which sentence is he able to omit without deleting any important information?
Responses
A sentence 1sentence 1
B sentence 3sentence 3
C sentence 5sentence 5
D sentence 7

Answer 1

Samuel can omit sentence 3 ("My parents went on a honeymoon to Hawaii in the 1980s") without deleting any important information about the history of Hawaii. This sentence is not relevant to the historical context being presented. Therefore, the correct answer is:

B: sentence 3