Can someone paraphrase this "President Jefferson believed that the future of America lay in the West. Now that so much new
land belonged to the United States, he wanted to have it explored. He hoped to find a
waterway across North America to the Pacific Ocean.

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).

she is creating a metaphor to convey the idea that love is hard won. i took the quiz and got a 100% : )