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, 1776In this quotation, Paine suggests that the king’s actions

Paine says the king makes war and gives away places, which he describes as “to empoverish the nation”—in other words, to make the nation poorer. Choice A, “make Britain poorer,” restates this idea. The quotation does not say that the king makes Britain look foolish or specifically forces Americans to fight.

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