Thomas Paine's book, Common Sense, supported independence of the North American colonies.
He said that it was common sense that the colonists should be free of their former masters because now they were a new country/continent and had to take care of themselves. The other options have nothing to do with this pamphlet.
A) Pressured German leaders to surrender.
Answer:
for land
Explanation:
there was greater opportunity
Answer: Straw man.
Explanation:
A straw man refers to a form of argument of refuting an argument, Eben though the argument's real subject was not addressed but rather the argument was replaced with a false one.
In this case, another person's argument is being taken by someone else. Then, the person either exaggerates it or distorts and then attacks the distortion without arguing on the main claim.
The statement that "My opponent would have you believe that lung cancer can be cured simply by posting "No Smoking" signs on anything
that stands still" is straw man. Here, the main argument regarding lung cancer isn't addressed.
