Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it.

A. "emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule, the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial independence"
B. called for a strong central government to rule the newly independent American states and foresaw the difficulties inherent within the Articles of Confederation
C. asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the American colonists militarily unless they could isolate New England from the rest of the American colonies
D. explained the urgent need for a bill of rights to expressly guarantee certain freedoms not specifically laid out in the newly adopted U.S. Constitution


Answer: A. "emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule, the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial independence"

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