Why Paine claimed that “Europe and not England” is the parent country of America?

Paine said this because multiple European countries colonized places that are now the United States of America, like Spain, France, and Russia in Alaska. Not only England was ruling here in the US.

april 18, 1775, hundreds of british troops marched from boston to nearby concord in order to seize an arms cache.a confrontation on the lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the british were hastily retreating under intense fire.

on april 19, 1775, american militia gathered to stop a british company sent from boston to capture supplies allegedly amassed in lexington, massachusetts. the militia fled, and the british left after not finding the supplies.

the answer is a) james madison.