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Name: ______________________________________#________ Thomas Paine – from The American Crisis, No. 1 pgs. 117-119 1. Reread the first paragraph of The American Crisis, No. 1. What does Paine say is not easily conquered? __________________________________________________________________ 2. In the first paragraph, Paine says the following: “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’” (117). Here Paine is quoting from the Declaratory Act of Parliament (1766) that asserted Britain’s complete authority over the American colonies. Following this statement, Paine compares Britain’s control over the American colonies to slavery. What do you think about this comparison? (FYI – Please note that Paine was against slavery). ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Reread the third paragraph of The American Crisis, No. 1. Paraphrase the story that he tells about the man “who kept a tavern at Amboy” (118). What is the point that Paine is trying to make by telling this story? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Of what is Paine confident in the third paragraph? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Reread the fifth paragraph. In this paragraph Paine compares the King of Britain to a murder, housebreaker, or highwayman (thief) stressing the lawlessness of the King’s actions. He also uses many charged words to help persuade his readers. Look at the following sentence in this paragraph: “The heart that feels not now, is dead: The blood of his children shall curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.” List the charged words in this sentence. How are they persuasive? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. What opinion of offensive wars does Paine express in the fifth paragraph? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Name at least two emotions to which the author appeals to in this essay? ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the main idea of the essay? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. What selection (The Declaration of Independence or The American Crisis, Number 1) do you find more persuasive? Thoroughly explain your answer giving examples from the text. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________