Read this quotation. But the most powerful of all arguments is that nothing but independence... can keep the peace of the
continent and preserve it ... from civil wars.
– Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1778
In this quotation, Paine suggests that independence
will prevent Britain from getting into more wars.
will help Britain rule the European continent.
cannot win a civil war with the colonies.
is the only way to keep peace in the colonies.