Question

In Common Sense, Paine makes the point that just because America once benefited from its relationship with Great Britain, people should not assume America cannot be successful without this support.

What reasoning does Paine use to support this point?

Question 2 options:

A."Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England and America."
B."Small islands not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care."
C."Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America."
D."We may as well assert, that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat; or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty."

Answer 1

Answer: B & C

Explanation: B, The meaning of Thomas Paine's argument is that every child grows to become an adult, who must necessarily survive and thrive without the parents.Thus, Thomas Paine was arguing to convince the colonists to utilize their independent spirit and individualistic thinking to emancipate the United States from British colonialism.

C, because referencing the parent thing in B, Europe and not England is not the parent of America, it can thrive on its own, America is not a child.