European countries expanded their empires by establishing colonies in africa so they could exploit and export africa’s resources, they also wanted to protect trade routes
Answer:
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.
After searching I discovered your question is multiple choice. The answer choices are as follows:
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A.By using the state constitutions as models, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention avoided almost all disagreements.
B.Most of the U.S. Constitution was directly copied from state constitutions.
C. State constitutions did not guarantee rights, so the authors of the U.S. Constitution included a bill of rights.
D. The people who wrote the state constitutions had learned valuable lessons about writing a constitution.
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The correct choice is A.
He used the money from the Delian League's treasury to make the Athenian navy the strongest in the Mediterranean
