I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. ... Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe.
-Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
One argument for independence in this quotation is that

Which of the following is a claim about ancient rome that a historian could build san argument around

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario

What us action attempted to halt japanese expansion in the pacific prior to world war ii