"europe, and not england, is the parent country of america."

this quote from thomas paine's pamphlet common sense points out that colonists were not just english but from all parts of europe. why would paine argue this point?

to prove america is not and was never european
to get people to move their allegiance away from england
to get people to believe their ancestors were from europe
to make the colonists understand their varied heritage

answer

the statement that best describes president carter’s attempt to free the hostages in iran is c. all of the attempts failed.

explanation

the operation eagle claw conducted by the united states armed forces was a failed mission which aimed to rescue 52 americans captured as hostages in the american embassy, tehran on 24/4/1980.the mission was authorized by president jimmy carter. the failures included;   obstacles in operation that included operational conditions challenges caused by sandstorms, hydraulic problems of one the helicopters and , mechanical failure of another helicopter that was identified as a cracked rotor blade and the crashing of another helicopter during mission abortion causing death of 8 service persons.