Option B is the right answer that the war in Europe was already nearly won by this time because its priority was to help its allies first defeat the Nazis.
Europe first was the principal factor of the grand strategy on which the U.S and U.K agreed during the World War II. The main motive of this policy-making was that the U.S and the U.K would use their resources to defeat Nazi Germany.
The declaration of war from Germany on the United States in 1941 and the direct attack of Japan on the Pearl Harbor in America directed America to face a decision on how to allocate its resources between these two different threats. Therefore, the United States joined Europe first to deal with Japan and Germany respectively.
<em>Common Sense by Thomas Paine.</em>
Explanation:
Thomas Paine was a very prominent figure during this time, he encouraged many people to stand up against Great Britain and want independence because of his literary works, primarily Common Sense.
Before Paine became a writer, he failed at almost everything he tried. He dropped out of school and lost many jobs, then he met Benjamin Franklin who encouraged Paine and gave him hope. He eventually moved to the colonies and became a magazine editor, but after the Battle of Lexington, he became very passionate about the colonies declaring their independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense was very long, but was easily worded and revolved around "facts and common sense", that made many people care to read it. It talked about how the colonies need to wake up and have their independence, as they were not being treated fairly by Great Britain. Common Sense sold a ton of copies and many people credit it for inspiring the colonists for supporting their own independence.
3 great reasons would be:
1) The American people were strongly independent. They wanted to do things for themselves. Great Britain was a long way away. The American people didn't want people an ocean away telling them how to live their lives.
2) The British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French and Indian War.
3) Through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other taxes, the British tried to collect taxes that the American people considered harsh.
