Question

What role did Thomas Paine, an Englishman, play in the American Revolution?

He organized the First Continental Congress through a series of letters to the founding fathers.

He spoke to the king and Parliament about the colonists' right to demand representation if they had to pay taxes.

He wrote a convincing argument for the right of citizens to overthrow a government that did not take care of their interests.

He financed many of the colonists' first attempts to raise an army that could defeat the British troops.

Answer 1

He wrote a convincing argument for the right of citizens to overthrow a government that did not take care of their interests.

Explanation: As the author of Common Sense (and later The American Crisis), Paine argued forcefully for independence from Britain and for popular sovereignty, helping shift colonial opinion toward revolution.