3) read the excerpt from the crisis, number i by thomas paine.
“i once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as i ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, ‘well! give me peace in my day.’ not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, ‘if there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; ’ and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.”
which is a central idea of this excerpt?
a) paine feels that everyone should be able to speak freely, which is why he supports independence.
b) paine believes that colonists should fight for independence so their children can live in peace.
c) paine believes that some people are selfish and place their needs above others.
d) paine felt anger for the first time when he saw an interaction between a tory and a child.

4) read the excerpt from the crisis, number i, by thomas paine.
"britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but ‘to bind us in all cases whatsoever,’ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth."
which is the best way to paraphrase this excerpt?
a) britain’s army is trying to enslave the colonists.
b) the colonists fear being enslaved by britain.
c) britain has oppressed the colonists in many ways.
d) the colonists do not support british taxation.

5) read the excerpt from common sense, by thomas paine.
“to talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have faith, and our affections wounded through a thousand pores instruct us to detest, is madness and folly. every day wears out the little remains of kindred between us [the colonists] and them [the british], and can there be any reason to hope, that as the relationship expires, the affection will increase, or that we shall agree better, when we have ten times more and greater concerns to quarrel over than ever? ”
which is the best way to objectively summarize this excerpt?
a) according to paine, the relationship between america and britain worsens every day, and there is no hope that the nations will reconcile.
b) paine attempts to explain why britain and america should not reconcile, and his reasoning is very strong.
c) paine writes that america and britain should not reconcile because they will just continue to have conflicts.
d) the americans, paine correctly asserts, should no longer subject themselves to british oppression.