"Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America." This quote from Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense points out that colonists were not just English but from all parts of Europe. Why would Paine argue this point? a. to prove America is not and was never European b. to get people to move their allegiance away from England c. to get people to believe their ancestors were from Europe d. to make the colonists understand their varied heritage