<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be the one having to do with Paine talking about how the colonies are so "close" to independence anyway, since he viewed that only rational next step at this point being revolution.</span></span>
The Great Famine of 1845 refers to the period when <span>the potato crop failed in successive years (between 1845 -1849)
Before the Great Famine, The Irish population experienced a healthy Growth each year, but after the great Famine the Irish population dropped to almost 2 million and they're dropped off to poorer neighborhoods.</span>