Read the excerpt below. A government of our own is our natural right . . . it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance.
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Based on the excerpt, Paine recommends that Americans
refuse to pay taxes to the British government.
conduct business without regulations.
write a constitution while the chance exists.
leave American independence to chance.

C-Write a constitution while the chance exists.

Explanation:

Thomas Paine defended why America should be independent of Britain, and he listed a series of reasons, and he also outlined his thoughts on a new constitution for America. He depicted what the state assemblies should do, how many members the congress should have, how the congress would choose their president, and listed how the conference should be held and the Charter of the United Colonies.

mesopotamian code of hammurabi

and i think its 1860 b.c. you mean lol