Which statement best describes thomas paine's use of evidence in the passage?

paine used empirical evidence to support the claim that the continental army had performed creditably.

paine used empirical evidence to support his claim that howe's army had decisively defeated the continental army.

paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that the continental army had performed creditably.

paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that howe's army had decisively defeated the continental army.

Paine used empirical evidence to support the claim that the Continental Army had performed creditably.

Paine used empirical evidence to support the claim that the Continental Army had performed creditably.  

Explanation:

Empirical evidence is evidence from the observation. The section says "As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them"

the correct answer is d.   to change the pace

explanation:

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.