Common Sense Flashcards
Author?
Thomas Paine
When?
1776 americas independence
Arrived in America
1774 age 37
Against religion
Since age of 8. Heard a sermon and felt that Christians where cruel
These are the times that try mens souls
Another quote not from common sense. Odds being stacked against them.
Sun never sets on the British empire
Always daylight in British empire. Always great. Constant. Propaganda
Wars in North America
French Indian - 1754 -1763 New England, Quebec, Ohio
Spanish vs Britain 1742 Spanish Florida and colonial Georgia
Q#1 the sun never shined on a cause of greater worth
Propaganda for America. Clever, switch on British propaganda
Q#2 We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that is….