Read the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV. “It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.” Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to? the strength to start a rebellion fair treatment from the king gaining control over more land freedom from an oppressive governmentRead the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV. “It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.” Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to? the strength to start a rebellion fair treatment from the king gaining control over more land freedom from an oppressive governmentRead the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV. “It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.” Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to? the strength to start a rebellion fair treatment from the king gaining control over more land freedom from an oppressive governmentRead the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV. “It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.” Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to? the strength to start a rebellion fair treatment from the king gaining control over more land freedom from an oppressive government

In the text it can be read explicitly that for Paine, the struggle is not about the territory in which Americans find themselves, which he mentions because of its dimensions, but rather it is about a cause, that is, something that goes beyond the material.

For all of the above, it can be deduced that what Paine is looking for in that fragment is to represent freedom, which may have been won in a single battle or many, but in the end Americans would obtain it.

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