hel m Common Sense Excerpt 1.
I have heard it asserted (declared) by some, that as America hath (has) flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same connection is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious [false or untrue] than this kind of argument.
We have boasted (bragged) the protection of Great Britain without considering that her motive was interest, not attachment; and that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account, but from her enemies on her own account ...

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Common Sense Excerpt 2.
But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more shame upon her conduct. Even brutes (savages) do not devour (eat) their young, nor savages make war upon their families ...
There is something absurd (crazy), in supposing a continent to be perpetually (constantly) governed by an island. In no instance hath (has) nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet.

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4. What was the author’s purpose in writing the document that you read?