Which statement was one of Thomas Paine's arguments for independence? Monarchy was a good form of government, but George III was a bad king.

The colonies needed Britain economically but should be able to govern themselves.

Britain's laws had helped the colonies, but it was time to break away for economic reasons.

It was foolish for a small island 3,000 miles away to try to rule a whole continent.

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the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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