THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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“Some people believe that the colonies have and will always benefit from Great Britain but I couldn’t disagree more with that statement
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“Maybe all along the only reason Great Britain cared for us was for HER benefit!”
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“Don’t call Great Britain our caretaker-they’ve been abusive to us!”
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“There is nothing positive that will come from staying connected to Great Britain.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The author is saying that just because Great Britain had declared France and Spain enemies, that doesn’t make them enemies of the American Colonies. Even if Britain is the “parent” country that does not mean the “children” have to follow in its footsteps.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every Part of Europe.”
Detailed explanation-3: -In these excerpts from the famous pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine makes the case for independence from Britain. The alleged benefits of British rule, Paine asserts, are actually liabilities; he cites unfair trade policies and American entanglement in Britain’s foreign wars.