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In the excerpt, Thomas Paine is pointing out at the fact that peaceful means have been ineffective, or are likely to be ineffective, in convincing the British King, to grant the American colonies independence.
He is using a metaphor to illustrate what would happen if the American leaders continued to ask for independence through peaceful ways: the King would practically become flattered, instead of convinced, and double down on repression.
For this reason, Thomas Paine is, in a elegant way, advocating for the use of force in order to obtain the goal: independence.
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Pretty sure it's #1 - they wanted to create an independent republic.
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Correct answer is A. Christianity spread within the borders of the Roman Empire.
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Only option A is correct as we can see that the areas where the Christianity was spreading were part of the Roman Empire.
B is not correct because it spread outside Italy, in Egypt, Syria, Great Britain...
Option C is not correct as we have no evidence that it spread only around the Atlantic Ocean, but around Mediterranean.
Last option is also not correct as it spread in North Africa, not throughout it.
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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. During his years in power, he served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
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