Which nation is the “barbarous and hellish power” that Paine mentions here?

Thomas Paine was one of the activist and revolutionist who contributed towards the expulsion of Britain as well as their reign ended in the country of America.

According to the provided excerpt, the barbarous and hellish power as mentioned by Thomas Paine was referring to the country of Great Britain. Many of the people from America wanted to expel the hellish power as they were ruled over the colonies of North America.
They exercised cruel powers and also banned the tea production in America. This had resulted on to rise in production for tea for the East Indian Company and fall in the tea manufactures of America. There were vey much cases where the hellish power of the British colonials could be seen.

Therefore, the correct option is option B.

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The passage are given as follows:

A government of our own is our natural right: And when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance . . . Ye that oppose independence now, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping vacant the seat of government. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to expel from the continent, that barbarous and hellish power.