Read the following excerpt from The American Crisis and answer the question. To see it in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to exhibit, on the
theatre of the universe a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation Intrusted to our
hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated, nor too gratefully
received
What idea does Paine reference in these lines?
The colonies are an example to be followed.
The colonies are undeserving of discipline by the British
The colonies must seek protection from other nations.
The colonies face an uncertain political future.