<span>The one reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a
good chance against the British was that the colonies had very less to lose in
the fight against the British. On the other hand the British had everything to
lose once the colonies freed themselves from the oppression. The colonies had
every resource to prepare arms for the fight against the British. The British
would lose out financially in a big way as the colonies would then stop paying
undue taxes that the British government charged. </span>
I'm pretty sure the correct answer is B.
Remember
By Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
<span>He believed that the war was fought to add more slave states to the United States.
He believed that by acquiring the Mexican territory, the Democratic party would obtain additional slave state that strengthen their position in the government.
Since Henry David Thoreau consider himself as an abolitionist, he did not support the purpose of this Mexican-American war.
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