In common sense, paine suggested that american independence from britain was inevitable. impossible. uncertain. illegal.

American independence from Britain was not impossible because the Revolution itself has shown that this is possible, and all the problems that have arisen afterwards are an example of their successful mastery. It was not even illegal, since most of the colonists were for independence, that is, the democratic right of the majority, and as such was declared the Declaration of Independence. I would not say that it was uncertain in terms of outcome, because the colonists-patriots were resolved to finish the whole thing to the end. What Paine has suggested is inevitability, following the natural law, as a child separates from a mother in a mature age, according to the same natural law, a person can live independently and create conditions for living.

The answer is: it was inevitable.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.