THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Thomas Paine said kings were nonsense
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Stated that the American colonies were no longer part of Britain
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The agreement ending the Revolution
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Kept the British from splitting New England from the other colonies
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Detailed explanation-1: -In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain!
Detailed explanation-2: -Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not what their mental or moral characters are. Can we then be surprised at the abject state of the human mind in monarchical countries, when the government itself is formed on such an abject levelling system?-It has no fixed character.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavored to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”
Detailed explanation-4: -He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic. Paine avoided flowery prose. He wrote in the language of the people, often quoting the Bible in his arguments. Most people in America had a working knowledge of the Bible, so his arguments rang true.