Which of the following best expresses the author’s main purpose in this document?

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I could not find the document that is missing in your question but I will tell you some information that can help you in your question.

First of all, we must recognize which type of document is about. It could be technical document, scientific, law document and more. Purposes of documents can be to provide some sort of information to audience and readers, to persuade the ones who are reading or listening, to prohibit some information or to simply provide information that are important.

Some documents should describe the usage of something or operation which is important.

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).