This is an excerpt from Thomas Paine's essay, Common Sense. ...[Great Britain) cannot govern us. To be always running three or four thousand
miles with a tale or petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which, when
obtained, requires five or six more to explain it will in a few years be looked upon as
folly and childishness. There was a time when it was proper, and there is a proper
time for it to cease
Based on this excerpt, what argument does Paine make for the colonies to declare independence?
The British government passed laws that were not appropriate for the colonies.
The British government was too busy to pay attention to the colonies.
The British government forced colonial delegates to travel too far to participate in Parliament.
The British government was too far away to govern the colonies effectively.