EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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it persuaded the colonist to support independence
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it argued for loyalist support of the king.
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it officially declared the separation between England and her American colonies.
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it attempted to reconcile with Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1776, he published Common Sense, a strong defense of American Independence from England. He traveled with the Continental Army and wasn’t a success as a soldier, but he produced The American Crisis (1776-83), which helped inspire the Army.
Detailed explanation-3: -Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Paine was born and raised in England, and he had been in Philadelphia for little more than a year, after getting a letter of recommendation from Benjamin Franklin. He published Common Sense anonymously, and its simple words made the case for the Colonies’ separation from England, in no uncertain terms.