Read this excerpt from Common Sense. According to Paine, what does the king in England do? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Paine says the king’s business is to make war and give away places, meaning land or positions. He also says this impoverishes the nation, or makes the country poor. So the king fights wars, gives away land, and makes the country poor; he does not worship his people.

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