Read this quotation. In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation.
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

In this quotation, Paine suggests that the king’s actions
make Britain poorer.
make Britain look foolish.
force Americans to fight in wars.
take land from other nations.

make Britain pooer
Constantly fighting wars is risky because you can lose your territory in the process. It also is very expensive to wage war because you need to pay the soldiers, for the weapons, and need to be willing to sacrifice hundreds if not thousands of lives to win. The King doesn't pay for this too, but the common people who pay the taxes. So basically the king makes Britain poor for his own reasons.