PART A: What is Thoreau's central idea in the passage from "Walden"? (Excerpt from Walden: “The Ponds” By Henry David Thoreau 1854)

A.) to describe the permanence of a natural scene.

B.) to argue for the preservation and reclamation of Walden Pond in the face of human intrusion.

C.) to explain why most people are not able to appreciate the beauty of nature.

D.) to describe his reasons for visiting Walden Pond and its surroundings

cause they were to dumb to get their college education to become a real   : )

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.