1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F (He did write <em>Common Sense</em>, but it's well known and as the paper says, was an immediate success)
5. T
6. F
7. It's common sense to create a new government, a republic, to govern a country that was unhappy with a monarchy running the government.
8. Thomas Paine: A Man of Common Sense. I think this is a good creative name for the biography because so much of Thomas' life was defined by <em>Common Sense.</em>
It was the CSS Virginia that was the Confederacy's first ironclad vessel, built on the hull of the Union ship, USS Merrimack, although it turned out to not be terribly useful in wartime.
I think it is the last one, because revolutions are connected with the need for better treatment and living conditions.
