__________believe the government should have very limited functions, primarily policy and military protection

Electoral politics:

a. Is outside the scope of policy advocacy. b. Can only be addressed by professional consultants. c. Can only be addressed by special interests. d. Helps to determine the extent legislators are amenable to social reform.

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.