What argument does the author counter in this excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
I have heard it asserted by some, that as America has flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same connection is necessary tow
future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument. We may as well assert that because
thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty.
ОА.
Britain provides ample welfare to all her colonies, including America.
OB.
The colonists do not benefit from their alliance with Britain.
OC.
Britain does not provide adequate resources for the growing colonies in America.
OD.
The colonies continue to depend on Britain for protection and governance.

The reasoning behind the answer being OC is very simple. The answer isn't OA, because the text states, "We may as well assert that because thrived upon milk, that is never to have meat..." This means, that they have only had access to milk and no access to proteins like meat. So them not having access to protein isn't an example of 'ample welfare'. The answer also isn't OB, because the excerpt doesn't state any other affairs that the colonists have with Britain outside of food. The answer also isn't OD, because the excerpt doesn't speak on the basis of protection and governance the colonists and Britain have.