The main reason thomas paine published common sense was to
a persuade britain that it could not govern the colonies well.
b let foreign countries know that the colonies were ready to fight britain.
c persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent.
d force southern colonies to support northern ones in the coming war.

The main reason Thomas Paine published Common Sense was to persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent. Option C.

Common Sense[was a pamphlet that Thomas Paine in wrote in 1775–76 iseeking to advocate independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Paine set out moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.

C. persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent.

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