Why did Thoreau move from his isolated cabin?

What does untenable mean?

The Declaration’s list of grievances states that the king has

Jefferson’s “reliance on the protection of Divine Providence” indicates a belief that

The speaker says that DeSoto looked for “shining streets / of beaten gold to dance on with silk  ladies”.  These lines characterize DeSoto as

Which image describes how the Creeks lived?

 Subtlety refers to

When a person shows timidity, he or she

In lines 148–150, the author writes that “our neighbor is so much a part of our family that my mother never passes her house at night without glancing at the lights to see if she is home and safe.” Why  does she explain this relationship?

What happens to signal the shift from the story’s present to the flashback?