Select the correct answer.
Why was Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense important?

A. It reinforced the colonists’ anger toward Great Britain and their desire for independence.
B. It was heavily taxed by the British through the Stamp Acts and Townshend Acts.
C. It was adopted by the First Continental Congress in response to the Intolerable Acts.
D. It defended the importance of the monarchy and hereditary rule in Great Britain.