Thomas paine’s common sense: a. sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes. b. made highly original arguments in favor of independence. c. argued that the british governmental system was perfectly good but that current officials had corrupted it. d. led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position. e. argued that america would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind."