The correct answer is A. They could not vote or hold government office.
After the Battle of Bladensburg in Maryland, the British marched to Washington D.C. where they burned many public buildings including the White House. This was known as the "Burning of Washington."
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was a radical writer who emigrated from England to America in 1774. Just two years later, early in 1776, Paine published Common Sense, a hugely influential pamphlet that convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule. (I don’t think that’s right or not)
