D. france and great britian took over former german colonies
These two places were British colonies like the U.S once was. A colony is a place of land claimed by a country that is not connected to the mainland.
Thomas Paine's book, Common Sense, supported independence of the North American colonies.
He said that it was common sense that the colonists should be free of their former masters because now they were a new country/continent and had to take care of themselves. The other options have nothing to do with this pamphlet.
Answer:
b
Explanation:
lenin ruled over the entirety of europe for 20 yrs
