USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
These patriots will only fight when they know they are going to win.
A
Summer Loyalists
B
Sunshine Neutrals
C
Summer Tories
D
Sunshine Patriots
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It’s opening lines are some of the most well-remembered and oft-quoted in American history. “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Detailed explanation-2: -1, Thomas Paine referred to “the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot.” In this he means to the people who had supported independence before the war but changed their minds once it began. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-3: -“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.”

Detailed explanation-4: -He started with a phrase that duly summed up the situation: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” He goes on to exhort Americans to rally for the cause of liberty in spite of the hardships they faced, an exhortation that still evokes a sense of patriotism hundreds of year later.

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