"But even this is admitting more than is true, for I answer roundly, that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power had any thing to do with her. The commerce by which she hath enriched herself are the necessaries of life, and will always have a market while eating is the custom of Europe. . . .”Paine is saying…

In these sentence, Paine is arguing the fact that America didn't flourish due to it's acquaintance with Britain but it flourished on itw own accord. Paine goes on arguing that America would have flourished more if there would not have been interference from European powers.

Explanation:

'Common Sense' is a philosophical pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. In this pamphlet, Paine writes about independence of American colonies from Great Britain and establishment of Democratic government.

In the Third Section of the pamphlet, Paine describes about the current situation of America. To this Paine argues and invalidate the fact that America flourished due to its acquaintance with Great Britain. Paine argues that this is a fallacious statement and America would have flourished much more if European powers would not have interfered in their colonies' business. He goes on to argue that America will keep on flourishing because she has enriched herself with the necessaries of life but Europe is customed of eating, which means acquiring of taxes.