Question: Read this quotation.

In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation.

—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

In this quotation, Paine suggests that the king’s actions

Answer: make Britain poorer.

Question:

Answer: forming a government while the chance exists.

Question: Thomas Paine argued in Common Sense that

Answer: monarchy is a dangerous type of government.

Question: An accomplishment of George Washington after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 was to

Answer: teach the Continental army discipline.

Question: Read this quotation.

But the most powerful of all arguments is that nothing but independence . . . can keep the peace of the continent and preserve it . . . from civil wars.

—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

In this quotation, Paine suggests that independence

Answer: is the only way to keep peace in the colonies.

Question: In Common Sense, Thomas Paine described a way for

Answer: the colonies to form a government.

Question: Soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, George Washington

Answer: became commander of the American army and began to organize it.

Question: The main reason Thomas Paine published Common Sense was to

Answer: persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent.

Question:

Answer: the colonies do not need Britain.

Question: How did the Battle of Bunker Hill impact colonists?

Answer: Confidence was built as the revolution began.