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1. 
Who was Thomas Paine?
A.
He was an American philosper and political theorist that influenced MPs’ thoughts at that time.
B.
He was a British philosopher and political theorist who immigrated to North America in 1774 and influenced the colonists’ thoughts at that time.
C.
He was a french philosopher and political theorist who immigrated to North America in 1774 and influenced the colonists’ thoughts at that time.
2. 
What important pamphlet did he publish in 1776?
A.
Common grounds
B.
The American Revolution
C.
Common Sense
3. 
Read the following extract from Common Sense. What did Paine suggest the colonies should do? “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ’TIS TIME TO PART. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of Heaven.”
A.
The colonies should fight only for economic independence from the mother country.
B.
The colonies should make a complete break with Britain and become independent.
C.
The colonies should have less participation in the British Parliament.
4. 
By stating “ Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster”, Thomas Paine encouraged Americans to think that they had a distinct identity that did not emerge from Britain but from different European countries and its people's desire for liberty and democracy.
A.
True
B.
False