They would offer free land to the people who came to the west
The correct answer is A)To convince the American colonies to separate from Britain
Thomas Paine's famous pamhplet <em>Common Sense</em> was written as a means to convince colonists that they would be better of without British control. In the passage above, Paine argues that the colonists would have had more financial success without being controlled by England. This is due to the fact that the colonists were often limited to trading just with England as part of its system of mercantilism. This severely limited the colonists and their ability to trade with other countries.
Answer: The colonists believed they should have a say in running the government if they are being taxed.
Explanation:
The British Parliament had passed two major acts that gave rise to this slogan. The Quartering act, which allowed British soldiers to crash in on any house for room and board without paying, and the Sugar act of 1764, which taxed their sugar.
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