USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, was written to
A
encourage colonists to declare their independence
B
help fund the Lewis and Clark expedition
C
tell the colonists they had no sense in America
D
held the French win the French and Indian War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -How Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ Helped Inspire the American Revolution. The 47-page pamphlet took colonial America by storm in 1776 and made critical arguments for declaring independence from England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Common Sense made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it. Paine relentlessly insisted that British rule was responsible for nearly every problem in colonial society and that the 1770s crisis could only be resolved by colonial independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paine was born and raised in England, and he had been in Philadelphia for little more than a year, after getting a letter of recommendation from Benjamin Franklin. He published Common Sense anonymously, and its simple words made the case for the Colonies’ separation from England, in no uncertain terms.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thomas Paine forcefully argued for independence for America because he felt there was no other way to end the abuses by the British government. When Paine arrived in America in 1774, the colonists were deeply divided over loyalty to the crown and a desire for self-rule.

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