The main purpose of thomas paine's pamphlet common sense was to a. support political writers of that time. b. argue for independence from british rule. c. raise money for the american revolution. d. convince politicians to improve living conditions.

B. Argue for independence from British rule Is the answer.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.

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