And is there any inhabitant in America so ignorant, as not to know . . . that this continent can make no laws but what the king
gives it leave to; and is there any man so unwise, as not to see, that . . . he will suffer no law to be made here, but such as suit his purpose. –Thomas Paine,
Common Sense,
1776
Which statement best explains what Paine says about the king?
He puts the interests of the colonists before his own when approving laws.
He allows the colonies to make their own laws.
He will only approve laws that are in his and Great Britain’s best interest.
no because it is a island and would not do as well as the other states because it would take forever for them to trade as a state and they would not be able to function.
