A. s.a. p! i also need a catchy introduction for it! me paraphrase this ( try to add new ideas)! everyone should live in california! there is an abundance of land that comes at a cheap price, and you can become rich from our gold! you should come by covered wagon, bringing food, water, blankets, pots, silverware, and tools. we also have a trail that you can take called the oregon trail! your life could be an adventure in a new place where anything is possible. it will not be easy since our settlement is new, but with the resources we have, we can make california a great place! there are many people already living here, so much of your work is already done for you! we have a railroad being built by chinese immigrants and you can also meet native americans! however, some possible dangers on your journey and in the new land would be starvation, sickness, and bankruptcy. though there are many dangers, there are many positive aspects of moving to california. you can live on the coast, near a nice beach and you could get lucky and make money off of gold! i think you will love it here, so come join us in california!

Why do the soldiers board the grounded boat

What word best describes the tone of this excerpt from "the fall of the house of usher" by edgar allan poe? i looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain—upon the bleak walls—upon the vacant eye-like windows—upon a few rank sedges—and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of soul which i can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium—the bitter lapse into everyday life—the hideous dropping off of the veil. there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. what was it—i paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of usher? it was a mystery all insoluble; nor could i grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as i pondered. i was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth. it was possible, i reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, i reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows. admiration terror hope discovery loss

The battle of sabine pass is important because? a) it was a stalemate between union and confederate armies. b) it resulted in the largest confederate casualty in the war. c) it marks the failed attempt of the union army to invade the confederate state of texas. d) it was won by the union soldiers and marked a turning point in the western front of the war.