Common Sense - United States History
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- Q1“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated” Thomas Paine - Common Sense - 1776 Which statement best summarizes the author’s central idea?Victory will be difficult but worth the fightKings are poor rulers and democracy is preferredfreedom is only possible in a democracyWar costs a lot and people are poor120s
- Q2“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated” What does the word tyranny mean as it is used in this excerpt?representative democracyGreat Britainoppressive dictatorshipthe beginning of the war120s
- Q3Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) was contemporary to what other writing that was influential on founders of our government?The Communist ManifestoHow the Other Half LivesThe Wealth of NationsThe Mayflower Compact120s