What role did Thomas Paine, an Englishman, play in the American Revolution? A. He financed many of the colonists' first attempts to raise an army that could defeat the British troops.
B. He spoke to the king and Parliament about the colonists' right to demand representation if they had to pay taxes.
C. He organized the First Continental Congress through a series of letters to the founding fathers.
D. He wrote a convincing argument for the right of citizens to overthrow a government that did not take care of their interests.

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