THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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Everyone!
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Only men!
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Only able men!
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Only those who want to fight!
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Detailed explanation-1: -For Paine, the two central freedoms of an independent America need to be the freedom to own property and the freedom to practice any religion a person wants to.
Detailed explanation-2: -Our favorites: “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” “Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hard-nosed political logic demanded the creation of an American nation. Implicitly acknowledging the hold that tradition and deference had on the colonial mind, Paine also launched an assault on both the premises behind the British government and on the legitimacy of monarchy and hereditary power in general.