31. Use the quotation to answer the question.
"Every thing that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain,
the weeping voice of nature cries, "TIS TIME TO FART. Even the distance at which
the Almighty hath placed England and America, is a strong and natural procf,
that the authority of the one, over the other, was never the design of Heaven."
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
What is Thomas Paine trying to win support for?
a.
the separation of natural rights from legal rights
b.
the separation of powers between state and federal governments
the separation of powers between the three branches of government
C.
d.
the separation of the colonies from Great Britain