Read the first paragraph of the Iroquois Constitution . A large bunch of shell strings, in the making of which the Five Nations Confederate Lords have equally contributed, shall symbolize the completeness of the union and certify the pledge of the nations represented by the Confederate Lords of the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga and the Senecca, that all are united and formed into one body or union called the Union of the Great Law, which they have established. What is the impact of the words “equally,” “completeness,” and “united”?
Read the excerpt from Common Sense. “ To talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have faith . . . is madness and folly. ” Paine uses the words “madness and folly” to emphasize that the colonists
Throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses imagery in an attempt to make readers feel
In paragraph six of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what does Edwards suggest about spiritual reform?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: ’tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.” Paine compares tyranny to hell in order to
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