Question

How did the ideas expressed in the passage from Common Sense alter general political sentiment in the colonies during the Revolutionary War?

A. They convinced many Americans to call for an immediate end to all forms of slavery.
B. They increased colonists' demand for a powerful central government in the colonies.
C. They eliminated the regional divisions that previously divided the colonies.
D. They increased colonists' interest in experimenting with new forms of government.

Answer 1

Here's the passage:
And is there any inhabitant in America so ignorant as not to know, that according to what is called the PRESENT CONSTITUTION, that this continent can make no laws but what the king gives leave to; and is there any man so unwise, as not to see, that (considering what has happened) he will suffer no law to be made here, but such as suit HIS purpose. We may be as effectually enslaved by the want of laws in America, as by submitting to laws made for us in England. . . . WE are already greater than the king wishes us to be, and will he not hereafter endeavour to make us less? To bring the matter to one point. Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us? Whoever says No to this question, is an INDEPENDANT, for independancy means no more, than, whether we shall make our own laws, or, whether the king, the greatest enemy this continent hath, or can have, shall tell us "THERE SHALL BE NO LAWS BUT SUCH AS I LIKE."

—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 17761

Answer 2

I would say D because they did experiment with different types of governments.

Answer 3

Huh, I would have thought b. Thanks!

Answer 4

I am not sure though...

Answer 5

Well, i screwed this quiz up before, so it won't hurt trying what someone else thinks.