<span>The question is asking what would a reader using a historical lens to analyze a text be most concerned with. When we talk about the history, what we are most interested in is what happened, and especially: what kind of significant events that shape the present, happened. We are less interested in the life of people at that time, but rather in the significant events, such as wars and creation of countries. So the best answer is:
culture and events.</span>
Answer: Explicit
Explicit means clearly said
<u>Answer:</u>
(A) God would not take sides between the British and the American colonists.
This sentence best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt
<u>Explanation:</u>
Thomas Paine’s primary purpose in the writing ‘The Crisis Number 1’ is that Americans should try to get freedom from Great Britain.
In the given excerpt, he says that God cannot and will not be unfair to people and let them get destroyed in military destruction. He will not leave them alone without any support. God is one and he is there for every individual.
God will not choose sides that whether they are people of Great Britain or are American colonists. Everyone is equal in his eyes.