Common Sense
Common Sense
was an instant best-seller. Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia,
nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine's brilliant
arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1)
independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic.
Paine avoided flowery prose. He wrote in the language of the people,
often quoting the Bible in his arguments. Most people in America had a
working knowledge of the Bible, so his arguments rang true. Paine was
not religious, but he knew his readers were. King George was "the
Pharaoh of England" and "the Royal Brute of Great Britain." He touched a
nerve in the American countryside.
Answer: D) A source of fresh drinking water
Explanation:
I believe the greatest reason for Nazi defeat was "Operation Barbarossa," which violated the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. I think Nazi Germany wasn't ready for a war with the Soviet and this is proven by the Nazi's underestimation that the Soviet Union was weak.
Answer:
a territorial area within which the political influence or the interests of one nation are held to be more or less paramount.
B. European nations had political and military control over the majority of the African continent.
Explanation:
Answer:
a. Follows with certainty (necessarily)
Explanation:
In a deductively valid argument, if the premises are true, then, the conclusion is necessarily true. It is impossible for a deductively valid argument to have false premises and and a true conclusion, or to have true premises and a false conclusion. It would not make sense.
An example of this type of argument would be:
If it rains, I will be carrying un umbrella. It's raining, therefore, I'm carrying un umbrella.
