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disa [49]
3 years ago
13

Read the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV.

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WINSTONCH [101]3 years ago
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Answer:

D. Freedom from an oppressive government

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TiliK225 [7]3 years ago
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<span>Paine is describing the "freedom from an oppressive government." He is advocating for the revolution that was ramping up at the time and the tenor that the colonies were defending themselves against the overreach by the monarchy against the ability of those colonists to govern themselves as they saw fit.</span>
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Shakespeare makes Hamlet reflect upon the meaning of life (or rather how meaningless life can be). It's interesting that Hamlet doesn't say this from a personal point of view, he speaks in general and we a can all empathize with his words.

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