Following Paine's publication of Common Sense, the Second Continental Congress:
A. suggested that all colonies establish state governments separate from Britain.
B. voted for free trade at all American ports with all countries including Britain.
C. immediately accepted the resolution for independence proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.
D. appointed Paine as the commander in chief of its army.
E. decided to declare war on Britain.
Answer: A
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