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" Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America."

this quote from Thomas Paines pamphlet commonsense points out that colonists were not just English but from all parts of Europe. why would paine argue this point?
A) to prove America is not it was never European
B) to get people to move their allegiance away from England
C) to get people to believe their ancestors were from Europe
D) to make the colonist understand they varied heritage

Answer 1

Considering the time period, I would say b

Answer 2

I would go with D

Answer 3

which one then?

Answer 4

B

Answer 5

B. Common sense was written in 1776. This is when America declared independence. Thomas Paine was trying to show Americans that they had no reason to support England during the revolution.