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The Crisis, No. 1 Select the correct answer
Which statement best describes Thomas Paine's use of evidence in the passage?

by Thomas Paine (excerpt)
As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to
the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many
circumstances which those who live at a distance know but
little or nothing of Our situation there was exceedingly
cramped the place being a narrow neck of land between the
North River and the Hackensack Our force was inconsiderable,
being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us.
We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we
shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition
light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been
removed... I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat
to the Delaware: suffice it for the present to say that both
officers and men though greatly harassed and fatigued.
frequently without rest, covering or provision, the inevitable
consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and
martial spirit
A. Paine used empirical evidence to support the claim that the Continental Army had performed creditably
B. Pains used empirical evidence to support his claim that Howe’s Army decisively defeated the Continental Army
C. Paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that the Continental Army had performed credibility
D. Paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that Howe’s Army had decisively defeated the Continental Army

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