What does the bolded word mean? perhaps she and her power-hungry progeny could usurp the new leaders.

Ursurp: Take a position of power or importance illegaly or by force

Progeny:a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant (offspring)

in this text, paine use the word “ye” several times in order to  capture  the  attention of the colonists who   haven't understand the   importance and urgency of his cause. the word "ye" that is the plural of   "thou" is used to call the colonists attention and make the fight for the cause.

different routes can lead to sammy to different places, with different roads.   if you check a map, you can see the routes.   try to make connections of the places and count how many there are.   hope this : )