When deciding between a contraction and a pronoun, such as it's and its, a tip is to read the sentence and a. try the contraction in its original form. b. not pronounce the word in question. c. decide if it falls in the subject or the predicate. d. think of other words that might fit there.

C. Decide if it falls in the subject or predicate.

Explanation:

An apostrophe with the pronoun it and forming the contraction "it's" while simply adding an "s" to it forms the possessive pronoun "its". The possessive pronoun its is used for displaying ownership while it's refer to an inanimate object or an animal. The best way to recognize the distinction between them, that in which category they fall in, the subject or the predicate. This would help determine the categorization more easily. However, both of them are based on pronoun "it" but have different purposes to solve as 'Its' shows the possession like "My dog never stays in its kennel" while in "It's" the apostrophe signifies an omission and used for the phrase "It is" or "it has" like "It's been long time since we have met".

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."