THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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“How can a tiny country like Great Britain be expected to care for such a large nation like America. It just doesn’t make sense. It should be the other way around.”
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“We need to be free NOW before things get any worse. If we wait, it will only be harder.”
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“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
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“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -He wanted to give the feeling that the British were not only unjust in their acts on on the colonies. Rather, it was personally against the colonists. Allegiance to the British, he claimed, would make less of a person. Paine promoted the American cause, not necessarily a war.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Common Sense” is credited as playing a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England. In it, Paine argues that representational government is superior to a monarchy or other forms of government based on aristocracy and heredity.