The correct answer is A)To convince the American colonies to separate from Britain
Thomas Paine's famous pamhplet <em>Common Sense</em> was written as a means to convince colonists that they would be better of without British control. In the passage above, Paine argues that the colonists would have had more financial success without being controlled by England. This is due to the fact that the colonists were often limited to trading just with England as part of its system of mercantilism. This severely limited the colonists and their ability to trade with other countries.
Many colonies were established by people who were exiled because of their religious beliefs. A group known as the Puritans wanted to reform the Church of England. In the early 1600s, the Puritans were respected professionals who were influential in England.
The effect that the Gero Crucifix had on Medieval German art would be how uniquely it portrays Christ in it such that it serves a monumental work of Christ compared to its earliest depictions before. It focused more on the image of the 'suffering Christ' on the cross.