What does this passage reveal about English people living in colonial outposts in the 1800s?
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Responses
For English men, the outposts represented ways to make good money and unhappy marriages.
For English men, the outposts represented ways to make good money and unhappy marriages.
Very few people lived at the outposts because traveling to them was so difficult.
Very few people lived at the outposts because traveling to them was so difficult.
Travel to and from the outposts was difficult and dangerous, yet life at the outposts was boring.
Travel to and from the outposts was difficult and dangerous, yet life at the outposts was boring.
The outposts were not suitable places for a proper English woman.
1 answer
The correct response would be:
Travel to and from the outposts was difficult and dangerous, yet life at the outposts was boring.
This choice reveals the challenges and monotony faced by English people in colonial outposts during the 1800s, highlighting both the perilous nature of travel and the lack of excitement in their daily lives.
