"Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its
worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or
are exposed to the same miseries by a government,
which we might expect in a country without
government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting
that we furnish the means by which we suffer." -
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Explain what Thomas Paine meant when he
wrote 'our calamity is heightened by reflecting
that we furnish the means by which we suffer.
Explain how colonists saw themselves providing
the means by which they suffered when Paine
wrote the quote.
Explain the impact Paine's pamphlet Common
Sense had on the attitudes of average colonists
toward Great Britain.
Explain the impact Paine's pamphlet had on
colonial politicians and other colonial leaders.
N

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie

islam spread slowly through much of africa through trade and preaching.