What was the message of thomas paine's common sense? a. the colonies should break from britain and form a new government elected by the common people. b. the colonies would be stronger if they stayed united with britain. c. the colonies would be better served if they joined the french empire. d. the colonies would be better served if they joined the spanish empire.

d: their own individual powers within the new goverment

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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