What did george washington ask thomas paine to read to his troops to inspire them?

a. the preamble to the u. s. constitution

b. the declaration of independence

c. his essay “the american crisis”

d. his pamphlet common sense

C. his essay “The American Crisis”

Explanation:

George Washington was amongst the wide readership of Paine's writings. Before the famous crossing of the Delaware on the way to victory at Trenton in late 1776, General George Washington ordered officers to read Paine's The American Crisis to the Continental Army.

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years