The quote below was written by thomas paine in his 1776 pamphlet, common sense.

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

this quote points out that colonists were not just english but from all parts of europe. why would paine argue this point?

a. to prove america is not and was never european
b. to get colonists to move their loyalty away from england and the king
c. to convince colonists to believe their ancestors were from europe
d. to make the colonists consider moving to places other than england

B. To get colonists to move their loyalty away from England and the king

Explanation:

The whole point of the Pain's pamphlet Common sense was to argue that independence from England is a necessity.

He is trying to move away from people from the ideas monarchy towards the republic and equality.

This is why he tried to convince people with this line that whole Europe is a parent country of America, that they shouldn't pledge their allegiances to England and the crown, and that they should look for more independence and equality in other sources.

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