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Here's tonight's HW. I know you cannot wait!
1. Watch the Video. Take notes, as the video clip is playing. Make sure you watch the video FIRST!
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2. Read the following excerpt below:
I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, that the same connection is necessary toward her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument....
Not one third of the inhabitants, even of this province [Pennsylvania] are of English descent. Wherefore I reprobate the phrase of parent or mother country applied to England only, as being false, selfish, narrow and ungenerous....
The injuries and disadvantages we sustain by that connection are without number; and our duty to mankind at large, as well as to ourselves, instruct us to renounce the alliance: Because, any submission to, or dependence on Great Britain, tends directly to involve this continent in European wars and quarrels; and sets us at variance with nations, who would otherwise seek our friendship, and against whom, we have neither anger nor complaint. As Europe is our market for trade, we ought to form no partial connection with any part of it....
[Continued British rule will lead to] the ruin of the continent. And that for several reasons. First. The powers of governing still remaining in the hands of the king, he will have a negative over the whole legislation of this continent. And as he hath shown himself such an inveterate enemy to liberty, and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power; is he, or is he not, a proper man to say to these colonies, "You shall make no laws but what I please"....Secondly. That as even the best terms, which we can expect to obtain, can amount to no more than a temporary expedient, or a kind of government by guardianship, which can last no longer than till the colonies come of age, so the general face and state of things, in the interim, will be unsettled and unpromising....
O ye that love mankind! Yet that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression.
3. Answer the following questions:
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britian?
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American independence?
3. Do you think appealed more to their love of freedom, or their fear of tyranny? Why?
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
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1. the arguments he offers are, is that king george is ruling the colonies with a negative rule, the colonists are dependent on britain, and relations with britain will cause bad relations with other nations.
2.he felt the time was right because if they waited any longer, their future will not be good, so they have to oppose the tyrant, king george, now
3. i think it appeakled to their fear of a tyrant ruling because this excerpt talks about the consequences of king georges rule.
4. he uses for example, that if the colonies stay under king georges rule, then they will be dependent on britain, and if that gets worse, no nations would want them as an alliance, say in future wars.
paine pointed out all the things patriots stood for and believed in.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to seperate from Great Britain?
The arguments that Paine offers in urging the colonists to seperate from Great Britain is that the colonists are too dependent on Britain and if they keep on being dependent then this will cause bad things to happen with other nations. King George is doing a bad job with ruling the different colonies.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American Independence?
Paine felt that it was time for American Independence because he thought that people didn't need a king anymore. He thouht that ordinary people can understand and participate in the government without a king.
3. Do you think it appealed more to their love and freedom, or their fear and tyranny? Why?
I think it appealed more to their fear and tyranny because it says the bad things about the king's rule and this wouldn't be good for the colonists.
4.How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
Paine uses worldwide events to make his argument stronger by using the consequences of King George's rule.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the colonists in the revolution?
I think that Thomas Paine was a good spokesperson because he used lots of examples to defend his argument.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britian?
Thomas Paine argued strongly that Great Britain had no rights to control America which made colonists want to feel independent. Thomas Paine stated that Britain was a island and has no authority to control a continent. He also said that the way King George rules is somewhat a dictatorial ruling and they should be independent.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American independence?
Thomas Paine felt that the time was right for American independence because their anger has finally built up to the limit and Britain is going over the limit of ruling the colonists. It was the right time because the colonists finally had enough and colonists and the Britain had many conflicts going on so independence was definite.
3. Do you think appealed more to their love of freedom, or their fear of tyranny? Why?
The fear of tyranny grabbed their attention more because any further rulings would cause more chaos. Freedom was important too, however, the excerpt talks about how the tyrannical rulings of King George should not be continued on anymore and that is why I think that the fear of tyranny was more appealing to them.
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
Thomas Paine states that any further tyrannical rulings will scare away other countries and soon America will be an enemy to all countries. Allied countries would fear the spread of tyranny and would stay away. So in the future, America would soon have more conflicts with other countries beside Britain.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
Thomas Paine was a good spokesperson because he took the colonists side and not only that, he only used facts and not his opinions. He did not use propagandas but only facts that are present during the conflicts. He fortified his argument with true examples and maybe some citizens of Britain would even agree with Paine's statements.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to seperate from Great Britain? Paine wants to persuade colonies to seperate from Great Britain. He argues that the colonists are too dependent on Britain, and if they continue depending on Britain,then relations with Britain will cause bad relations with other nations.King George is ruling colonists with a negative rule, therefore he is not correctly ruling the colonies.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American Independence? Paine thought it was time for independence because he did not believe their was a need for a king. Paine stronly believed that people can understand & participate in government WITHOUT having a king. Also, their were many problems continuously happening, so if independence wasnt fought for NOW, the future would be filled with problems.
3. Do you think it appealed more to their love and freedom, or their fear and tyranny? Why? I think it appealed more to their fear and tyranny because the above excerpt explains bad things about the kings rule, & the consequences of the rule. In this exceprt i think it is clear that Paine does not want the rulings of King George to continue any longer.
4.How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger? Paine explains all of the things patriots strngly believed in, and he said that if colonies continue to stay under king George's rule, NO other nations would want them as an alliance, which would not be for the colonists benefit.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the colonists in the revolution? I think paine was a good spokesperson, he knew what he was talking about, and had many worldwide examples/events to make his arguement even stronger. Also, Paine used known facts that couldnt of been proved wrong. If he had used his own opinion instead of known facts, his arguement wouldnt have been defended by true examples.
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1.THE ARGUMENTS THAT THOMAS PAINE OFFERS ARE THAT COLONIES MUST BE INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN IF THEY WANT THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM AS AN AMERICAN. ALSO, PAINE ARGUES THAT KING GEORGE IS RULING THE COLONIES IN A NEGATIVE AND CORRUPT WAY.
2. THOMAS PAINE FELT THAT THE TIME WAS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TIME COLONISTS WERE DEVELOPING BITTER FEELINGS TOWARD THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY AND STARTED TO REALIZE THAT PARLIAMENT FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS. ALSO, THE COLONIES FINALLY HAD ENOUGH WITH BRITAIN TAXING THEM THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES AND BECOME DEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN.
3. I THINK IT APPEALED MORE TO THEIR FEAR AND TYRANNY SINCE THE DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE IF THE COLONIES WOULD BE UNDER KING GEORGE'S RULE.
4. PAINE EXPLAINS THE POINTS THAT PATRIOTS STRONGLY BELIEVE IN AND THAT IF COLONIES STILL WERE UNDER BRITISH RULE, NO OTHER NATIONS WOULD WANT THEM AS AN ALLIANCE AND THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING THE COLONIES WOULD FACE ALL BECAUSE OF KING GEORGE'S NEGATIVE RULE.
5. THOMAS PAINE WAS A GOOD SPOKESPERSON BECAUSE HE WAS VERY CONVINCING FOR THE COLONIES TO BECOME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN OR ELSE THERE WOULD BE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. PAINE MAINLY USED FACTS THAT HELPED COLONIES GO TO HIS SIDE TO UNITE THE COLONIES AGAINST BRITAIN.
1. the arguments he offers are that king george is ruling the colonies with a bad rule. the colonists are dependent on britain and the relationships with britain will cause bad relationships with other nations.
2. he felt that the time was right because if the people waited any longer, then their future wouldnt be what they hoped for, so they have to oppose the tyrant.
3. i think it appealed more to their fear of a tyrant ruling. i say this because this is an excerpt that talks about the consequences of king georges rule.
4. Paine uses world wide events to make his argument stronger by saying that if the colonies stay under king georges rule, then they will stay dependent on britain and if they do that then no nation would want them as an alliance in future wars.
5. he pointed out all the good things the patriots stood for and what they believed in
-Amanda Brandell
1. The arguments are that King George and Great Britain had made a negative rule changed the relationship for the worse with other nations.
2. He thought that it was the right time because the colonists were ready to be independent and they dint need their king anymore.
3. I think that it appealed more to fear and tyranny because if there were any more rules the colonist would create chaos and boycotts etc. It wasn't out of love.
4. Paine uses world wide events to make his argument stronger by using the king and his consequences and what the king did and used that to his power and how he needed it.
5. Thomas Paine used a lot of details, arguments and facts while defending the Patriots. His facts were real and couldn't be wrong and he was well prepared and knew alot.
1. The arguments that Paine offers are that the colonists are dependant with britain, also King George is ruling colonists with a negative rule, therefore he is not ruling the colonies correctly.
2. Paine felt the time was right for American Independence because he thought the colonies can stand on their own two feet without being dependent on Britain.
3. I think its more about fear and tyranny because in the passage it talks about the consequences of King Georges rule.
4. Paine uses worldwide events to make his argument stronger because he explains all of the things the colonists strongly believed in, he said that if colonies continue to stay under king George's rule, NO other nations would want them as an alliance,that would not be beneficial for the colonists.
5. Thomas Paine was a good spokesperson because he took the colonists side. He also only used facts.He bettered his argument with true examples.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britain?
The argument that he presents is that the colonists have been dependent on the mother country long enough. If they don't break away now, bad things will start happening.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American Independence?
He felt that it was a perfect time to break away because their future as a country would be in jeopardy.
3.Do you think it appealed more to their love and freedom, or their fear and tyranny? Why?
I believe that it appealed more to their fear of tyrant ruling because it is talking about kings rule and the colonists.
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
He made his argument stronger by showing the consequences of being under King George's rule.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
I believe that he was a good speaker because he presented his case with examples to back him up.
Sophia Chronopoulos
Homework
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britian?
The arguments Paine offers in urging th colonists to separate from Great Britain were that barely one third of the state were even British. He thought that since the number of them was so little, it was unfair that they had controll. Another argument he made was that the colonies only gain disadvantages as a result of their connection to Britain. He thinks that the colonies should cut off all aliances with Britain because any dependence on Britain results with their involvement with wars. If they didn't have this relationship they would be friendly with the other countries and not have issues with them.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American independence?
Pain felt that the time was right for independence because he thought the people didn't need a king and were able to run a government on their own.
3. Do you think appealed more to their love of freedom, or their fear of tyranny? Why?
I think this appealed more ot thier love of freedom and fear of tyranny because the colonists were haring bad things about the king which made them fear him. It also appealed to thir love of freedom because if they didn't have a king, things were supposed to be more peaccefull and overall the colonies would benefit.
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
Paine uses worldwide events to make his argument stronger by stating that under King Georges rule, the colonies would be dependent on Britain, they would have more issues with other nations which would stop them from having other alliances.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
I think Thomas Paine was an excellent spokesperson for the Patriot's cause becasue he hsed different events as ecxamples to support what he was saying about the king and Britain. It made the colonies think about those events and realize that what he was saying actually had an affect. His words ccould unite the colonists it the revolution because they would agree on what the king was doing was wrong which would bring them together. They would have a common cause which would strengthen their power and unite them in the revolution.
1.The argument that Paine offers in urging the colonists to seperate from Great Britian is that the colonists are too dependent on Britian. Also, that the relationship with Britian with cause bad relations with other nations.
2. The reason Paine felt that the time was right for American independence was because he thought if they waited any longer that their future wouldnt be what they wanted. Also, the coloists were ready to be independent.
3. I think it appeared more to their fear and tyranny. The reason i think this is because it talks about the consequences for the colonists if they were under king georges rule.
4. Paine uses world wide events to make his argument stronger by saying that the colonies will stay dependent on Britian if the colonies stay under king Georges rule. If they did this, then no nation would want them as an alliance in future wars. Also, he uses the consequences of king Georgie's rule.
5. I think Thomas Paine was a good spokesperson because he used a lot of facts in his argument. Also, he was very well prepared.
-Lauren Block
1. Paine argues in Common Sense that the colonies don't need the King, not just because he thrives for power, but also because ordinary people can participate in government. Also, he believes England should not be considered a mother country when only 1/3 of the colonists are British.
2. Paine felt the time was right for independence because he feared England would ruin the colonies' relationships with other European nations and that this would negatively affect trade.
3. I think it was more a fear of tyranny because the colonists were being so heavily taxed and then punished for their actions that they feared how much more extreme it would get.
4. Paine used worldwide events such as wars with other nations to question and prove that realtions with England can impact the colonies' economy.
5. I think Paine was a very good spokesman because he backed up his ideas and, as said in the video, he used language simple enough for everyone to understand so he gained more supporters.
-Danielle
1)What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britain?
-Paine convinces the colonists to separate from Great Britain because they depend on them for everything, so he persuades them to fight for their independence. King George was accused for not doing a good job ruling the colonies.
2)Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American Independence?
-He believed that they should act right away because there was no point of having a king. He felt that people had the ability to rule a government without the crown. Their future was best believed to become better and have less problems if they became independent.
3. Do you think it appealed more to their love and freedom, or their fear and tyranny? Why?
-I think that it appealed more to their fear and tyranny because the passage/writing/excerpt explains of all the consequences of King George being their ruler.
4.How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
-Paine tells them that if they don't become independent, then they will become enemies with all the other countries because they would feel threatened by them and their king. All of their allies will stay away, which would effect them badly in future conflicts.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the colonists in the revolution?
-Paine was a very good spokesperson because he didn't inflict his own opinion into the matter, but merely point out important facts, and support them. This helped the people make a decision on their own, and convinced them to become independent from Britain.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britian?
Paine argues that depending on Great Britain will cause them to develop bad relations with other nations. He believes that the king will ruin their country.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American independence?
In the video, Paine believed that they could be independent, not needing to rely on the king. He believes that people could understand and participate in their OWN government.
3. Do you think appealed more to their love of freedom, or their fear of tyranny? Why?
I think it appealed more to their fear of tyranny because the excerpt explains that the king was ruling over them with complete power.
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
He says that if they keep depending on Britain, they would be under the king dictatorship, which will result in a conflict with other nations.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
He was a good spokesperson for the Patriot's cause. He used facts, examples, and worldwide events.
1. What arguments does Paine offer in urging the colonists to separate from Great Britian?
Paine believes that king george's ruling has affected the colonies in a negative way, that the colonies didn't want to be dependent on britian, and britain's rule doesn't benefit the relationships towards other nations.
2. Why did Paine feel that the time was right for American independence?
Paine didn't like the way Britain was controlling them. Paine felt that the colonies didn't have a say in anything and by the results of the french and indain war, they felt that they can help themselves.
3. Do you think appealed more to their love of independence, or their fear of tyranny? Why?
I think its a bit of both. They were scared of the power the tyrant has by taxing the colonies uncontrollably and punishing the colonies when they don't. But, because of these actions the british did, this pushed the colonies into thinking that the british wasn't benefitual for their development and strongly believed that they were better off being independent from britain's rule.
4. How does Paine use worldwide events to make his argument stronger?
Paine explained that under the Birtain's rule, no one would want to help the colonies and therefore, the colonies didnt like the fact of being everyone's enemy and this further pushed their feelings towards independence.
5. How good a spokesperson was Thomas Paine for the Patriot's cause? To what degree would his words unite the Colonists in the Revolution?
Thomas Paine is a great spokesperson because he explains the results if we still were undergoing Britain's rule. He laid down reality and this made the colonies realize what British was actually doing, not benefitual but, harmful for the colonists' ecomony.
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