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According to the first paragraph, who will "shrink from the service of his country"?
What will the people who do not shrink from service deserve?
According to the first paragraph, what has Britain declared?
According to the final paragraph, what will a person "whose heart is firm" pursue "unto death"?
What opinion of offensive wars does Paine express in the final paragraph?
What does Paine mean when he refers to "the summer soldier" and "the sunshine patriot"?
What is the point of Paine's story about the tavern keeper at Amboy?
Name two emotions to which Paine appeals in his essay.
How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine's argument?
Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" to express his belief that hardships faced by the American forces during the war will make their eventual victory more meaningful. Find one more aphorism used in Paine's essay and explain the point he is making with it.

1.The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of his country during crisis.
2.The people that stand by their country even during hard times deserve thanks and love from all.
3.To both tax and bind America in everything that America tries to do.
4.A person whose heart is firm will not stop at anything to achieve what they believe in.
5.He believes that offensive war is murder.
6.Hes saying that the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot only want to be part of the war durning good times not the bad.
7.He uses this story to show how some of the colonist tried to advoid war.
8.He shows anger because of the way the war started and pity because he feels sorry for britain.
9.I think that a colonist who had been loyal to Britain would be appalled at Paine’s argument.
10.“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph” to express his belief. [->0]

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