The best option that summarizes this passage in Thomas Paine's common sense is that the British did not know much about the colonies to govern them.
Option c is correct. Paine referred to the relationship of the British with the colonies as distant and he also said the British were ignorant of the colonies.
This shows that the English people did not know the colonies too well. This is in terms of having a good relationship with these people.
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