Question
Read the following lines from American Crisis.
"...by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils - a ravaged country - a depopulated city - habitations without safety, and slavery without hope - our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it!"
What picture does Paine paint here as a grim vision of the future if the colonists yield to Britain?
(1 point)
Responses
A) The colonists will be sad for a time but will eventually get over it.
A) The colonists will be sad for a time but will eventually get over it.
B) The British will reward those who support them.
B) The British will reward those who support them.
C) The colonists will lose their homes, their freedom, and their future.
C) The colonists will lose their homes, their freedom, and their future.
D) The colonists will simply revert to the dynamic they had with Britain before the Revolution.
D) The colonists will simply revert to the dynamic they had with Britain before the Revolution.
"...by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils - a ravaged country - a depopulated city - habitations without safety, and slavery without hope - our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it!"
What picture does Paine paint here as a grim vision of the future if the colonists yield to Britain?
(1 point)
Responses
A) The colonists will be sad for a time but will eventually get over it.
A) The colonists will be sad for a time but will eventually get over it.
B) The British will reward those who support them.
B) The British will reward those who support them.
C) The colonists will lose their homes, their freedom, and their future.
C) The colonists will lose their homes, their freedom, and their future.
D) The colonists will simply revert to the dynamic they had with Britain before the Revolution.
D) The colonists will simply revert to the dynamic they had with Britain before the Revolution.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
C) The colonists will lose their homes, their freedom, and their future.