2.04 Quiz Voices of an Emerging Nation

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Which saying from Poor Richard's Almanac conveys a similar message?

"'Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."

Which detail from The American Crisis develops the key idea that people have a duty to act in the present to improve society for generations to come?

"Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, 'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace'..."

In Common Sense, Paine claims that Great Britain has lost the authority and the ability to fairly and effectively govern America. What reasoning does Paine use to support this point?

"To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in, will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness—there was a time when it was proper, and there is a proper time for it to cease."

What does the use of the word approbation suggest? Select the two correct answers.

Franklin's writing impresses his readers. & Readers accept Franklin's ideas as worthy of consideration.

How does Paine's style contribute to the persuasiveness of the text?

He uses questions to highlight several ways Great Britain abuses Americans to persuade readers of the urgency to resist.


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