The sentence that supports the claim that the American colonies could thrive independently from Britain is C, since in this it affirms that the United States would have progressed much more without a dominating metropolis: "But even this is admitting more than is true, for I answer roundly, that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power had any thing to do with her."
Common sense was an essay written by Thomas Paine. It was published for the first time on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution.
The essay exercised a great influence on public opinion during the War of Independence of the United States, presenting an argument against British rule at a time when the independence issue still caused suspicion and indecision in large part of the settlers. Historian Gordon S. Wood describes Common Sense as "The most incendiary and popular pamphlet published during the revolutionary stage."
The essay affirmed that the North American colonies had no relation with its metropolis, whose only purpose was to exploit its riches, and that any sensible analysis would conclude with the need to obtain the independence of the public domain and the own republican government.
