Question

What does the excerpt from Common Sense mean? "I challenged the warmest advocate for reconciliation, to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge; not a single advantage is derived."

Answer 1

Thomas Paine is referring to the fact that there are in no shape or form or fashion an advantage or good reason to stay with Britain. It only brings hard ships and problems.

Answer 2

The exceprt from Common Sense asserted that the American colonies obtained no compensation from Great Britain, whose sole purpose was to exploit their wealth, and that any sensible analysis would conclude with the need to obtain independence from British rule and establish a republican government of their own.

Step-by-step explanation:

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776 during the American War of Independence.

Paine's pamphlet laid the blame for the suffering of the settlers entirely on the ruling British monarch George III. Common Sense strongly appealed to the American settlers for the argument that Paine gave to break free from British rule. Paine wrote and reasoned in a way that ordinary people could understand. He abandoned the usual Latin quotes and structured his book as a sermon.