Read the excerpt and answer the question. much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, what does this comparison suggest about the colonists? they are powerless. they are unimportant. they are not human. they are unaware.

Ir suggests that colonists, if they do not have their weapons and armiy they are powerless, because they do not fight, their arm do it for them. They just give orders and nothing else.

Top one is wrong its Unimportant cause you wont just throw a gun away if its still living and firing perfectly fine unlike a bug that isnt really important and you throw it in a fire just cause.

it increase by 12% a year from 1812-1820