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Thomas Paine questioned British authority for many reasons. Some of the main ones were that Britain is too far away and because of that should leave America alone; another was that they always wage wars in which America suffers; another was that the American people ran away from the crown just to be greeted by a country where the same crown rules. The list of reasons goes on and on and on.
They been separated for almost 11 years. and he doesn't feel the same for his wife doesn't even think of her like he used to, they been also trying to have a baby but cant have one he thinks his wife is cold when it comes to S**.