THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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What is “Thomas Paine’s Common Sense”
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A publication created by Thomas Paine to encourage Americans to advocate for freedom from Britain.
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A publication that focused on freedom.
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An article focused on freedom for Irish Rebels.
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An article focused on the love Americans had for England.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Common Sense made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it. Paine relentlessly insisted that British rule was responsible for nearly every problem in colonial society and that the 1770s crisis could only be resolved by colonial independence.
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