One reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British is that the colonies have the resources to build a great navy. Option B.
The colonies have the resources to create weapons easily.
Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.
A simile due to the fact that it uses "as"
(in fictional writing) the narrator's position in relation to a story being told.
"this story is told from a child's point of view"
the position from which something or someone is observed.
"certain aspects are not visible from a single point of view"
B. "the boy was becoming nervous.
