Why did navitists oppose immigrants?

Activists held racial and religious prejudices against immigrants from Asia and southern and eastern Europe in particular. Feared that immigrants that worked for lower wages would take jobs away from union members. To plot against them, activists created the Chinese Exclusion Act and formed the Immigration Restriction League.

  the common sense as a pamphlet written by thomas paine. it promoted the independence of the colonies from british rule. the distribution of this pamphlet was great, it reached people everywhere and it was even read aloud at places people met. it also unite the colonists before the revolutionary war.

answer is d