(this is an english question. my apologies)indentify the phrase in parenthesis in the sentence. 1. (after several minutes,) i finally located my car keys. a. prepositional b. participial c. gerund d. infinitive

    The phrase in parenthesis indicates us when the action is being performed by the subject (the localization of the keys), this characterizes a  prepositional phrase, containing a preposition of time.

    The preposition in the "After several minutes" is the word After, that is meaning that the finding of the keys happened later than several minutes.

fearing kabuki could corrupt the nation’s morals, japanese government officials

explanation:

the national morals was so the japanese and the kabuki would stop fighting

i belive the continental association was created to boycott all contact with british goods.

i also belive it was in december 1, 1774