Instructions:
1. Choose a general subject for an historical investigation 1,500-word research paper. Keep this length in mind as you
go through the research paper process, as it will influence how much research you need, the notes you take, and the
thesis you write.
2. Limit the subject and write the limited subject below.
3. Find and read a general article on the subject. List the title and author of the article and the source from which it
came title of book, magazine, journal; include the date of publication and name of publisher).
4. Write a brief summary of the information you have discovered.

Reread this portion of the excerpted text from common sense. men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, come, we shall be friends again for all this. but examine the passions and feelings of mankind. bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity. your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience, will in a little time fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. what key concept about the relationship between an abusive government and its citizens does paine want readers to understand? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.