THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hoping to inspire soldiers and save his own job, Washington ordered all his officers to read Thomas Paine’s “The American Crisis” to their troops. Paine, the passionate pamphleteer, was embedded with Washington’s troops and had just written a now-famous essay on the back of a drumhead.
Detailed explanation-2: -General Washington found the first essay so inspiring, he ordered that it be read to the troops at Valley Forge. The American Crisis: Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1778.
Detailed explanation-3: -Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -George Washington was appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775. Despite having little experience in commanding large, conventional military forces, his leadership presence and fortitude held the American military together long enough to secure victory at Yorktown and independence for his new nation in 1781.