Answer:
2 and 3
When you read them, they both are trying to prove something.
The word that best describe the mood of the poem is 'VIGILANT'.
The poem talks about the need to be watchful and be ready to run for one's dear life at the slightest sense of threat. The poem use simile and sensory imagery to pass across his information of the need to be vigilant.
First off, they can get the colonists to fight as allies whenever the British are at war with another state. Aside from that, Britain also knows that America has resources that Britain can really make use of. This is why they protect the colonies because they have resources that they want to protect as well. These two reasons are the main reasons as to why Paine believes that Britain really would protect the colonies.