Question
Base your answer to the question below on the passage below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
. . . Small islands not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take
under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually
governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and
as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident
they belong to different systems: England to Europe, America to itself. . . .
Source: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
According to this passage from Common Sense, the author is
(1 point)
urging Americans to become independent from their mother country
suggesting that the colonies join a European confederation against England
trying to convince Americans to remain English colonists
proposing that the colonies revise the Articles of Confederation
studies.
. . . Small islands not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take
under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually
governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and
as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident
they belong to different systems: England to Europe, America to itself. . . .
Source: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
According to this passage from Common Sense, the author is
(1 point)
urging Americans to become independent from their mother country
suggesting that the colonies join a European confederation against England
trying to convince Americans to remain English colonists
proposing that the colonies revise the Articles of Confederation
Answers
GPT-4o mini
According to the passage from Common Sense, the author is **urging Americans to become independent from their mother country**. Thomas Paine argues that it is unnatural for a continent (America) to be governed by an island (England) and implies that America should govern itself independently.