(I'll mark brainliest to the correct one) According to Thomas Paine's point of view in Common Sense, why did colonists not owe the British for their help?

A. The British had not actually done anything to help the colonists.
B. The British wanted to go to war with America.
C. The British had helped the colonists only to profit from America.
D. The British were attempting to put the colonists in poverty.