Multiple Choice: Read the excerpt from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and answer the question.
The powers of governing still remaining in the hands of the king, he will have a negative over the whole legislation of this continent. And as he hath shown himself such an inveterate enemy to liberty, and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power; is he, or is he not, a proper man to say to these colonies, "You shall make no laws but what I please." And is there any inhabitant in America so ignorant, as not to know, that according to what is called the present constitution, that this continent can make no laws but what the king gives leave to; and is there any man so unwise, as not to see, that (considering what has happened) he will suffer no law to be made here, but such as suit his purpose.
What was Paine’s argument?
(1 point)
Responses
Colonies must be willing to fight for their independence or they would have to return to England
Colonies must be willing to fight for their independence or they would have to return to England
Colonies should not revolt because the Constitution would protect their rights
Colonies should not revolt because the Constitution would protect their rights
Colonies must be willing to fight for their independence or they would always be subject to the King's unjust laws
Colonies must be willing to fight for their independence or they would always be subject to the King's unjust laws
Colonies should not revolt against the King because his laws are just