THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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Britain should repeal the Intolerable Acts and send troops back to Britain
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Monarchy was a poor form of government and they would be better off without it.
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Great Britain was hurting their economy with taxes and trade restrictions.
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Monarchy was a poor form of government and they would be better off without it.
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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: -The Taxation Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts were the four main causes that lead to the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain, theretofore an unpopular cause.