Answer:
C. It was using indulgences for financial benefits.
Explanation:
It is believed that the main reason Martin Luther criticize the Roman Catholic Church is that the Roman Catholic Church was "using indulgences for financial benefits."
The above statement is true when Martin Luther, on October 31st, 1517, released articles titled "95 theses," which criticizes explicitly the actions of the Roman Catholic Church who were found promising remission from punishments for sin committed by people, either dead and or alive and continue to sin. The actions of the Roman Catholic Church were regarded as 'indulgences.'
Martin Luther accused the Roman Catholic Church of selling indulgences
Thomas Paine's essay Common Sense significant to American independence because the essay spurred colonists to take a stand, demand independence, and establish their own government. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the fourth option or the last option.
The third estate should have more political influence.