Answer:
A: Slaves
Explanation:
Slaves were first of all, already poor and not paid at all. So this answer is most likely.
The answer is A. It was a tie.
The King.
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense. This pamphlet stated the important reasons for colonial independence from Britain. Our greatest enemy during this time was the King of England.
The reasons that the Prime Minister gives for making large appropriations to the military are to defense against threats (as with a largest military spending more and better military equipement would be obtained), protection of resources (due to the fact that military custody of the natural resources work as a deterrent for further invasions), and for the maintenance of independence (since it is the military who responds in case of an external aggression).