The statements listed above could best be described as - A Grievances found in the Declaration of Independence B Privileges of the new American government C Causes of the French and Indian War D Complaints that Britain has about the colonies

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.

Its either b or c   i'm leaning towards b though i've heard of them during that time period