Question

Select the correct answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) God would not take sides between the British and the American colonists.

This sentence best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt

Explanation:

Thomas Paine’s primary purpose in the writing ‘The Crisis Number 1’ is that Americans should try to get freedom from Great Britain.  

In the given excerpt, he says that God cannot and will not be unfair to people and let them get destroyed in military destruction. He will not leave them alone without any support. God is one and he is there for every individual.

God will not choose sides that whether they are people of Great Britain or are American colonists. Everyone is equal in his eyes.