What role did the first families of virginia play in southern politics?
a.
they instituted a legally accepted class system that discriminated against african slaves.
b.
they took control over matters of public funds in the house of the burgesses.
c.
they were against the colonial government, and stirred anti-british sentiments.
d.
they agreed with the governor in many matters and favored british policies.
e.
they favored indentured servitude over slavery in the tobacco plantations in the chesapeake.

Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street.as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house.b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.