In common sense, thomas paine argued that

a.)america should be an independent nation
b.)america should reconcile with britain
c.)america should submit to british regulations
d.)america should have its own monarchy.

A.)America should be an independent nation

Explanation:

Thomas Paine was a politician, writer, philosopher, radical intellectual and American revolutionary of English origin. Promoter of liberalism and democracy. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Born in Thetford, in the English county of Norfolk, Paine emigrated to the British colonies in America in 1774 to participate in the American Revolution. His main contributions were the widely read essay Common Sense (1776), where he advocated the independence of the colonies and The American Crisis (1776-1783) a series of writings in favor of the revolution.

In 1789 he visited France and lived there for most of the following decade. He was deeply involved in the early years of the French Revolution. He wrote Rights of Man (1791), partly a defense of the French Revolution against his critics, in particular the British statesman Edmund Burke. In Great Britain, he was tried and convicted in absentia for the crime of seditious libel. Despite not speaking French, he was elected to the National Convention in 1792. The Girondins saw him as an ally for what the mountaineers, especially Robespierre, considered his enemy. In December 1793, he was arrested and imprisoned in Paris and released in 1794. He became known for The Age of Reason (1793-94), a book that advocates deism, promotes reason and freethought, argues against the institutionalized religion and Christian doctrines. He also wrote Agrarian Justice (1795), discussing the origins of property and introducing the concept of minimum guaranteed income.

1st amendment: freedom of speech, religion, petition, press, and assembly

2nd: right to bear arms

3rd: quartering of soldiers

4th: search and seizure

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."