Claim: The tea set is the most historically significant object because it represents the ties between Britain and many other countries.

Reason: Britain relied on land and labor from other countries to produce tea.

What evidence supports the claim and reason?

A) “In 1785, under pressure from the law-abiding tea traders, the government slashed the duty on tea . . .”
B) “. . . tea also spread rapidly to the working classes. By 1800, as foreigners remarked, it was the new national drink.”
C) “You would have had hundreds of acres being turned over to tea, especially in northern parts of India.”
D) “So our tea set is really a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain.”