Question

How did Thomas Paine's Common Sense contribute to the American cause of independence? Check all that apply: (A) The text argued that colonists' loyalties should be with each other. (B) The text maintained that Britain was threatened by the possibility of economic competition from the colonies. (C) The text pointed out that Britain governed the colonies with its own best interest in mind. (D) The text argued that the Magna Carta embraced the right to self-government.

Answer 1

The correct answers are A) The text argued that colonists' loyalties should be with each other. B) The text maintained that Britain was threatened by the possibility of economic competition from the colonies.

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" contributed to the American cause of independence in that the text argued that colonists' loyalties should be with each other and the text maintained that Britain was threatened by the possibility of economic competition from the colonies.

Thomas Pain is the author of the influential pamphlet called "Common Sense," published in January 1776. In this document, Pain supported the idea of getting independence from the English crown and invited the colonist to join forces and support freedom in the colonies. Pain argued that the colonies were politically and economically strong enough to govern themselves.