What was the colonists' reaction to Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense?

What kind os source would a historian use to get a firsthand account of a past event

Although the three-fifths compromise northern and southern states reach an agreement that allowed for ratification of the constitution, in the long run it had a negative effect on the nation because a) it gave too much power to the executive branch of the government. b) it forced the founding fathers to add the bill of rights to the constitution. c) it was only a temporary solution to the argument between "free" and "slave" states. d) it gave too much power to state governments and not enough to the federal government.

The transcontinental railroad runs from the to the i. north ii. south iii. east iv. west a. i and ii b. ii and iii. c. iii and iv d. ii and iv