Question

Select the correct answer.

Read this excerpt from Thomas Paine's famous essay "The Crisis Number One":
I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a S,
people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the
calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Nelther have I so much of the Infidel in me, as to suppose that He
has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils; and as I do not, I cannot see on what grounds the king
of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he.
Which sentence best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt?
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OA. God would not take sides between the British and the American colonists.
B. It was necessary to save Americans because God did not support military destruction.
O c. It was necessary for America to fight the British to defend their religious values.
O D. God would defend the American colonists' fight because their cause was upright.
O E. It was necessary for Americans to save themselves and not walt for God to help them.

Answer 1

O D. God would defend the American colonists' fight because their cause was upright.

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Paine's "The Crisis Number One" is a political statement about his support for the American people's desire and the act of revolting against the British empire. In it, he argues for the need to get independence and that it is the right thing to do for the American people.

Moreover, Paine continues to present an accusatory claim towards Britain and its king, "I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he." To Paine, it seemed like God will not even want to side with the British because of their desire to be violent while the US "have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent."

Thus, the correct answer is option D.