The main reason thomas paine published common sense was to a.)persuade britain that it could not govern the colonies well. b.)et foreign countries know that the colonies were ready to fight britain. c.)persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent. d.)force southern colonies to support northern ones in the coming war.

Plz which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 was designed to appeal to slave states? a. congress passed a strict fugitive slave law. b. the slave trade was banned in washington dc. c. texas agreed to give away some of its land so that the territory would be available for future states. d. california was admitted to the union as a free state.