Fill-in-the-blank worksheet on Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" for educational purposes.

Here is the completed worksheet with the correct words filled in, based on historical context and the vocabulary provided. I’ll explain each answer below.

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Liberty Kids #12: Common Sense

Vocabulary Bank:
Thomas Paine, rights, tyrant, editor, monster, independence, 1,000, treason, England, inspiration, American, Common Sense, cruelty, man, revolution, five, children, themselves, reason, woman

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Answers:

1. The colonists believe they are fighting for their rights, but some feel the only way to get those rights is to break away from England.
→ *Colonists sought natural rights (life, liberty, property) and saw breaking from England as necessary.*

2. “King George is a worthless brutal man!” said this famous writer Thomas Paine.
→ *Paine famously criticized King George III in his pamphlet “Common Sense.”*

3. Thomas Paine is the editor of the Pennsylvania magazine.
→ *Historically, Paine was an editor and writer; this fits contextually.*

4. Moses said that Thomas Paine’s essays against slavery are an inspiration.
→ *Paine opposed slavery; his writings inspired abolitionist thought.*

5. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine makes the case for total independence from the crown.
→ *The central argument of “Common Sense” was American independence from Britain.*

6. “It is my hope that Common Sense will change public opinion”.
→ *This is a direct quote or paraphrase reflecting Paine’s goal for his pamphlet.*

7. 1,000 copies of Common Sense were made by Moses and James.
→ *Historical fact: over 100,000 copies were printed quickly — “1,000” is the closest option given and likely represents early print runs or symbolic number in the show.*

8. Sarah said Common Sense is dangerous. She said “I know treason when I hear it.”
→ *Many loyalists viewed Paine’s call for independence as treason against the Crown.*

9. Tom Paine telling people the King is a tyrant, could turn the whole world upside down.
→ *Paine called King George a tyrant — a ruler who abuses power.*

10. “We break not from the tender embrace from the mother but from the cruelty of the monster”.
→ *Metaphor used by Paine: Britain is not a nurturing “mother” but a cruel “monster.”*

11. Ben Franklin reads from the pamphlet that Mr. Paine says the common people are capable of ruling themselves.
→ *Paine argued for republicanism — ordinary people can govern themselves.*

12. Common Sense is a revolution in thought.
→ *It sparked revolutionary ideas about government and sovereignty.*

13. Mr. Mayweather hangs posters opposing Common Sense and calls it “treason against England”.
→ *Loyalists saw Paine’s work as treasonous against the British Crown/England.*

14. “If I ran every time someone disagreed with me, I would have circled the Earth five times!”
→ *A humorous exaggeration — “five” is the only number in the word bank that fits.*

15. Dr. Franklin tells Moses and Henri they need copies of Common Sense for every man, woman, and child in the colonies.
→ *Paine wrote for the common person — his goal was mass persuasion across all demographics.*

16. Thomas Paine said he is going to donate every shilling to the American soldiers.
→ *Paine supported the Continental Army financially and morally.*

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✔ Final Answer Key:

1. rights, England
2. Thomas Paine
3. editor
4. inspiration
5. independence
6. Common Sense
7. 1,000
8. treason
9. tyrant
10. cruelty, monster
11. themselves
12. revolution
13. England
14. five
15. man, woman, child
16. American

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📌 Note: This worksheet appears to be based on the animated series *Liberty Kids*, which dramatizes events of the American Revolution. Some answers reflect the show’s dialogue or simplified historical interpretation, while others align with actual history (e.g., Paine’s role, arguments in *Common Sense*).

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