In the excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense, he writes, "To talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have
faith, and our affections wounded through a thousand pores instruct us to
detest, is madness and folly."
Which of the following statements is the most accurate paraphrasing of his meaning in this
quote?
The British have hurt us, and therefore, we need to have faith that our friendship with them will get
better.
Our reason forbids us to have faith in God, and therefore, we can only rely upon our friendship with
the British.
The British have prevented us from exercising our religion, and therefore it is madness and folly to be
friends with them.
It defies reason, and is even madne and folly, to continue pursuing a friendship with Britain, because
they have hurt us and have proven themselves untrustworthy.

Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to support your claim with evidence

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.

Which of the following statements is true?