What enlightenment principle is paine arguing in favor of in this excerpt

Right or Wrong I tried my best :P

Here Paine rebuts the first argument for reconciliation- that American has thrived as a British colony and would fail on her own. How does this dismiss this argument?

1. He slams in down!!

2. Argument is beyond misdirected and has errors in reasoning.

3. Paine argues with ideas while convincing with emotion.

it is D. representative government

the influence of charles louis de secondant , baton montesquieu.

the right answer is the third one: turnpikes went short distances to connect markets. turnpikes, also known as toll roads, were very important for trade and transportation (of people, goods and products) in the 19th century, coinciding with the expansion towards the west. they contributed significantly to the economic development of the united states.