...As to government matters, it is not in the power of Britain to do this continent justice: the
business of it will soon be too weighty and
intricate to be managed with any tolerable degree
of convenience, by a power so distant from us,
and so very ignorant of us; for if they cannot
conquer us, they cannot govern us. To be always
running three or four thousand miles with a tale
or a petition, waiting four or five months for an
answer, which, when obtained, requires five or
six more to explain it in, will in a few years be
looked upon as folly and childishness. There was
a time when it was proper, and there is a proper
time for it to cease
— Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

What is the main argument Thomas Paine makes
concerning the relationship between Great Britain
and its American colonies?

Group of answer choices

A. America is too distant for Great Britain to govern effectively.

B. The colonies are too weak to be of any benefit to the Great Britain

C. Britain wants to make America a part of the European continental system.

D. American colonial leaders believe British officials want to use them to fight foreign wars.