E 316 Grade A fully answered questions
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many
circumstances have, and will, arise which are not local, but universal, and through which
the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected, and in the event of which their
affections are interested. The laying of a country desolate with fire and sword, declaring
war against the natural rights of all making, and extirpating the defenders thereof from
the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power
of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure is - The Author" - (correct
answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
-Uses abstraction for his American Cause, that America should help those who want to
be free and it should be "above question"
-establishes high stakes - "the cause of ALL mankind" audience exceeds America -
makes his arguments unimpeachable
-what does "America" include? - glosses over distinctions between women/minorities
-"desolate with fire and sword" - hyperbole
"In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and
common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he
will divest himself of prejudice and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings
to determine for themselves: that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true
character of a man, and generously enlarge his views beyond the present day." -
(correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
-implies that to disagree would make you prejudice or wrong
-he has no stake in the matter, he is simply stating facts...
-manipulation
,"The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. 'Tis not the affair of a city, a country,
a province, or a kingdom; but of a continent - of at least one eighth part of the habitable
globe. 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in
the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time, by the
proceedings now. Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least
fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a
young oak; the wound enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in full grown
characters." - (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"Though I would carefully avoid giving unnecessary offense, yet I am inclined to believe
that all those who espouse the doctrine of reconciliation may be included within the
following descriptions. Interested men who are not to be trusted, weak men who cannot
see, prejudiced men who will not see, and a certain set of moderate men who think
better of the European world than it deserves; and this last class, by an ill-judged
deliberation, will be the cause of more calamities to this continent than all the other
three." - (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"... I mean not to exhibit horror for the purpose of provoking revenge, but to awaken us
from fatal and unmanly slumbers, that we may pursue determinately some fixed object."
- (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"A government of our own is our natural right, and when a man seriously reflects on the
precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and
safer to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in
our power than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance" - (correct
answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"As the sentiments of men are known not only by what the receive, but what they reject
also, I will state the form of the Declaration as originally reported." - (correct
answer)"The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" - Thomas Jefferson
-Had he included the abolishment of slaves in the declaration then slavery may have
ended much sooner
, -Idealism vs Realism
-Change in perspective
-Distance, look at it in context
-with some distance i can look back and know I was right
-Nation Power
-would have lost support of southern colonies
"He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of
life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating
and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death...thus
paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes
which he urges them to commit against the lives of another." - (correct answer)"The
Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" - Thomas Jefferson
-wanted to name England as the cause of the revolution and point a finger; rant against
the English throne
-Expresses emotion throughout, so much so that some parts were removed as the
signers were afraid it would offend people they hoped to keep as friend.
"By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be grown old. I us'd to write more
methodical. But one does not dress for private Company as for a public ball. 'Tis
perhaps only Negligence." - (correct answer)"The Autobiography" - Benjamin Franklin
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many
circumstances have, and will, arise which are not local, but universal, and through which
the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected, and in the event of which their
affections are interested. The laying of a country desolate with fire and sword, declaring
war against the natural rights of all making, and extirpating the defenders thereof from
the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power
of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure is - The Author" - (correct
answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
-Uses abstraction for his American Cause, that America should help those who want to
be free and it should be "above question"
-establishes high stakes - "the cause of ALL mankind" audience exceeds America -
makes his arguments unimpeachable
-what does "America" include? - glosses over distinctions between women/minorities
-"desolate with fire and sword" - hyperbole
"In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and
common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he
will divest himself of prejudice and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings
to determine for themselves: that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true
character of a man, and generously enlarge his views beyond the present day." -
(correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
-implies that to disagree would make you prejudice or wrong
-he has no stake in the matter, he is simply stating facts...
-manipulation
,"The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. 'Tis not the affair of a city, a country,
a province, or a kingdom; but of a continent - of at least one eighth part of the habitable
globe. 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in
the contest, and will be more or less affected even to the end of time, by the
proceedings now. Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least
fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a
young oak; the wound enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in full grown
characters." - (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"Though I would carefully avoid giving unnecessary offense, yet I am inclined to believe
that all those who espouse the doctrine of reconciliation may be included within the
following descriptions. Interested men who are not to be trusted, weak men who cannot
see, prejudiced men who will not see, and a certain set of moderate men who think
better of the European world than it deserves; and this last class, by an ill-judged
deliberation, will be the cause of more calamities to this continent than all the other
three." - (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"... I mean not to exhibit horror for the purpose of provoking revenge, but to awaken us
from fatal and unmanly slumbers, that we may pursue determinately some fixed object."
- (correct answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"A government of our own is our natural right, and when a man seriously reflects on the
precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and
safer to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in
our power than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance" - (correct
answer)"Common Sense" - Thomas Paine
"As the sentiments of men are known not only by what the receive, but what they reject
also, I will state the form of the Declaration as originally reported." - (correct
answer)"The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" - Thomas Jefferson
-Had he included the abolishment of slaves in the declaration then slavery may have
ended much sooner
, -Idealism vs Realism
-Change in perspective
-Distance, look at it in context
-with some distance i can look back and know I was right
-Nation Power
-would have lost support of southern colonies
"He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of
life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating
and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death...thus
paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes
which he urges them to commit against the lives of another." - (correct answer)"The
Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson" - Thomas Jefferson
-wanted to name England as the cause of the revolution and point a finger; rant against
the English throne
-Expresses emotion throughout, so much so that some parts were removed as the
signers were afraid it would offend people they hoped to keep as friend.
"By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be grown old. I us'd to write more
methodical. But one does not dress for private Company as for a public ball. 'Tis
perhaps only Negligence." - (correct answer)"The Autobiography" - Benjamin Franklin
