Which detail from "Mohandas Gandhi: Truth in Action" introduces an obstacle faced by Indians who wanted to win independence from the British? A. "The British had been gaining power in India since the mid-1700s, and had officially taken control of India in 1858."

B. "They spoke different languages, quarreled over religion and social class, and were scattered across the land in cities and tiny villages, long before telephones or the Internet could connect them.

C. "To win their independence, the Indians would have to overcome their differences and work together to defeat their common adversary."

D. "Then one day in January 1915, a large crowd of Indians, rich and poor, from the cities and the villages, and from every social class, gathered around a dock in Bombay.

A is what I would choose

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war