“Common Sense” was written by Thomas Paine in an effort to display his opinions on gaining American independence from the British government. In Paine’s writing, he starts off by explain-ing specific subjects in the colonies such as government and religion. Later on, he works his way into explaining the present state of the American colonies and the state of the situations they are currently going through. Early on in Paine’s writing, he establishes the distinguishing factor that differs society from government. He says that most people tend to get the two confused so elaborates on what each one is. He explains that on one hand, society is what we desire or strive for, while on the other hand there is government, which is a “necessary evil.”
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He explained how every man was equal at birth. There were no kings or queens or rulers. Eventually though, the jews began to de-sire to have a king. God did not agree with this concept and was angered by it but he permitted it to happen anyways. Paine explains how this small section of the Bible explains how the system of monarchy was only created because of people with sinful desires within them. Therefore, monarchy is sin. Even if monarchy is not sin, Paine says the system of hereditary succession is a “abominable practice,” and with it comes a number of unavoidable predicaments such as incom-petent kings, corrupt systems, and wars within their own countries. Some loyalists and British officials countered Paine with saying that the colonies were successful while under British rule. Paine responded by saying that the colonies had evolved and no longer required the aid of Britain and could take care of themselves, then exclaimed that Brit-ain only watched over America for as long as it did to make sure that each of their economic in-terests were secure and prospering to their full …show more content…
Paine’s writing played a big role in inspiring the colo-nies to revolt. It allowed them to believe in themselves and to see the bigger picture that would result from them gaining their independence from them. If there was anyone sitting on the fence at the time they were reading the book, they were shortly pushed to the side of the revolution. Even though Thomas Paine wrote the book in America, for Americans, it played a huge role in the French Revolution as well The French found common factors from the story with the events they were currently facing as a country. It doesn’t take a whole lot of thought to come to terms with the fact that Thomas Paine played a huge role in the American Revolution. It is also extremely easy to realize that without Paine’s book, we may have lacked the necessary fuel to the fire to be able to prevail against Brit-ain. All it took was a little bit of common sense.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. Philadelphia: printed. And sold by W. and T. Bradford [1776]; Bartleby.com, 1999.
Schoenberg, Nora. ‘Common Sense’ Fanned Revolutions Flames. Tribune Papers. Dec. 9th, 2011. Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. Philadelphia: printed. And sold by W. and T. Bradford [1776]; Bartleby.com, 1999.
Hap, Abrams. The Pamphlet that changed America. Opsec News. April 22, 2013. http://www.opsecnews.com/tom-paines-common-sense-
He explained how every man was equal at birth. There were no kings or queens or rulers. Eventually though, the jews began to de-sire to have a king. God did not agree with this concept and was angered by it but he permitted it to happen anyways. Paine explains how this small section of the Bible explains how the system of monarchy was only created because of people with sinful desires within them. Therefore, monarchy is sin. Even if monarchy is not sin, Paine says the system of hereditary succession is a “abominable practice,” and with it comes a number of unavoidable predicaments such as incom-petent kings, corrupt systems, and wars within their own countries. Some loyalists and British officials countered Paine with saying that the colonies were successful while under British rule. Paine responded by saying that the colonies had evolved and no longer required the aid of Britain and could take care of themselves, then exclaimed that Brit-ain only watched over America for as long as it did to make sure that each of their economic in-terests were secure and prospering to their full …show more content…
Paine’s writing played a big role in inspiring the colo-nies to revolt. It allowed them to believe in themselves and to see the bigger picture that would result from them gaining their independence from them. If there was anyone sitting on the fence at the time they were reading the book, they were shortly pushed to the side of the revolution. Even though Thomas Paine wrote the book in America, for Americans, it played a huge role in the French Revolution as well The French found common factors from the story with the events they were currently facing as a country. It doesn’t take a whole lot of thought to come to terms with the fact that Thomas Paine played a huge role in the American Revolution. It is also extremely easy to realize that without Paine’s book, we may have lacked the necessary fuel to the fire to be able to prevail against Brit-ain. All it took was a little bit of common sense.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. Philadelphia: printed. And sold by W. and T. Bradford [1776]; Bartleby.com, 1999.
Schoenberg, Nora. ‘Common Sense’ Fanned Revolutions Flames. Tribune Papers. Dec. 9th, 2011. Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. Philadelphia: printed. And sold by W. and T. Bradford [1776]; Bartleby.com, 1999.
Hap, Abrams. The Pamphlet that changed America. Opsec News. April 22, 2013. http://www.opsecnews.com/tom-paines-common-sense-