THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Britain had the right to tax the colonists.
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The Intolerable Acts were helpful to the colonists.
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It made economic sense to not separate from Great Britain.
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It was logical to separate from Great Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120, 000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine’s brilliant arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic. Paine avoided flowery prose.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Thomas Paine wrote ‘Common Sense’ to rally colonists around the idea of independence and the establishment of a post-war republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paine also claimed that the American colonies needed to break with England in order to survive and that there would never be a better moment in history for that to happen. He argued that America was related to Europe as a whole, not just England, and that it needed to freely trade with nations like France and Spain.