Different states have different precedents regarding what defines a white person as opposed to a black person.
The reasoning that Paine uses in "Common Sense" to support this point is option B.
The meaning of Thomas Paine's argument is that every child grows to become an adult, who must necessarily survive and thrive without the parents.
Thus, Thomas Paine was arguing to convince the colonists to utilize their independent spirit and individualistic thinking to emancipate the United States from British colonialism.
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