Chalmers believed that Paine's arguments are pure fantasy that would be harmful to the colonies, as to him independence is a ridiculous idea. It would open them up to the French and the Spaniards and lose the them the most valuable trading partner which was at the time England.
None of the above may be the correct answer because none of them is the correct answer
They are comparable to their time because The Salem Witch Trials compared to the Red Scare in which People hunted down suspected communists, as in the Salem Witch trials, people hunted down suspected witches.
Possibilities.. ever been offered an opportunity of a life time? or a chance to better yourself..? there will always be possibilities. However it’s all about how you approach them. In your life time there has possibly been hundreds of opportunities you blindly ignored everyday. It’s so important to keep an open mind, be brave and take chances or you may just... miss out on that “life time opportunity”. You’ll never know the outcome till you take that opportunity.. you want to run that marathon? but “it’s too cold” you want to go on that date but you’re “to nervous” stop making excuses and start living take that opportunity and do it for yourself. That feeling of accomplishment will always be worth it and you’ll never experience it till you stop making excuses, you owe yourself that much.
I would say many thing from life liberty and pursuit of happiness have come through freedom of newspapers talking about government issues or thoughts many books about openly opinionated articles were allowed from these themes. (I'm not an expert just giving a sort of ideas )