Paragraphs 10 and 11 are important to the story's resolution because the — A. narrator returns, tells his father what he did, and accepts his punishment
B. narrator's father convinces his son not to reveal too quickly what he has learned
C. narrator plans to force his father out as their tribe's leader and make changes
D. narrator's father finally realizes that his tribe's beliefs were based on false ideas

C

Explanation:

the man is cut in half.

explanation:

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.