Question

Read the passage.

A noted [Tory], who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as most I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, “Well! Give me peace in my day.” Not a man lives on the Continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent would have said, “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;” and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.


What point was Thomas Paine trying to make by relating this anecdote?


Peace is an expensive commodity, so it should always be sought first.


War is very difficult on children and should not be entered into lightly.


America will break with Britain eventually, so now is the time to act.

pretty sure its C but wanna make sure

Answer 1

The point that Thomas Paine was trying to make by relating this anecdote is C: America will break with Britain eventually, so now is the time to act.

Step-by-step explanation:

Anecdote is a short story based on a “real incident” or about a “real person”. In “The Crisis No. 1” by “Thomas Paine”, the author wants the colonists to fight for their independence so that their children can live in peace. He doesn't want them to live in the fear of war.

Britishers used all their powers on colonists and treated them like 'slaves'. There were enough reasons for the colonists to act and not sit and make friendship with them. There was no going back, and colonists had to break from Britain.