The point that Thomas Paine was trying to make by relating this anecdote is C: America will break with Britain eventually, so now is the time to act.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Anecdote is a short story based on a “real incident” or about a “real person”. In “The Crisis No. 1” by “Thomas Paine”, the author wants the colonists to fight for their independence so that their children can live in peace. He doesn't want them to live in the fear of war.
Britishers used all their powers on colonists and treated them like 'slaves'. There were enough reasons for the colonists to act and not sit and make friendship with them. There was no going back, and colonists had to break from Britain.
