In his piece, Thomas Paine strongly expresses a persuasive outlook as to why the colonists should fight for their independence. He believes that their willing right to be free shall not be put aside and that their abilities to achieve their freedom may be affected by factors such as God, the British, or even just simply the fact that Paine described the reasoning to get the colonists to fight in such an expressive way. Throughout this piece, Paine’s goal was to persuade the colonists to strive for liberty. To support his argument, Paine utilizes religious beliefs, descriptive language, and the recognition of the counter argument. To begin with, the author points to religious beliefs to demonstrate the relation God has on the colonists…
Paine had many similar motives to those of Patrick Henry. Paine wrote to encourage colonists to fight for their independence. Many American colonists disliked the king, they disliked his taxes, and they disliked his power he had over their lives. In Paine’s pamphlet, “Common Sense”, he said “But where, say some, is the king of America? I will tell you, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Great Britain.”…
From the onset, the United States produced great thinkers who have encouraged resistance against illegitimate authority and inspired generations of American leaders to take action. American born philosophers including Jefferson, Thoreau, Melville, and Douglas, in addition to immigrant thinkers among others Thomas Pain, exposed tyranny, despotism, abuse of authority, and paved the way for the American people to fight for their natural rights. At times, the need for resistance came in the form of detachment from the despotic and tyrannical abuses of the mother land. Other times, minorities stood up and fought for their rights to equality, as exampled by the fight against the grotesque institution of slavery –– which subjugated the Negro by law, to women’s fight for the franchise. These thinkers inspired revolt against irrational authority with the theme of resistance, by ringing the bell of freedom against the oppressor.…
This is evident even from the heading of Paine's third chapter, 'Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs.' ; The word 'thoughts' can infer that what follows is simply one man's conception on how things are and how they should be; that they may not necessarily reflect the true views of one nation. In fact, Paine says this in his introductory paragraph, by disclaiming that 'perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor'; (693). By this, he obviously means that his word may not speak for all. In contrast, the Declaration of Independence is a bold and assertive document.…
Thomas Paine advocated for freedom and a structured government in Common…
In order to persuade the men and women of the New World, he used biblical evidence against kings. He wrote that Heathens were the first to introduce government by kings and current government at that time failed to draw attention to all anti-monarchical scripture. Examples of scripture lead to the Lord being the ultimate ruler over people, and that no man or man's son should be valued more than another. Along with religious reasons against having a king, Paine points out many other reasons against Kings such as; kings are arrogant, too much lies on a King and Kings cause civil wars. Kings were stated to be arrogant because their minds are poisoned by power and do not understand the true desires and needs of the world.…
My new book cover for Thomas Paine’s book Common Sense, I designed it to be for example number five. He said that if we break away from Britain, all the goods we normally would be forced to be sent to Britain will now be ours and we can trade it. If we break away from Britain, we would be financially set. My cover relates to this because it shows how we could get a lot farther and become a wealthy country because we have many things other countries don’t, such as…
Thomas Paine’s ideas are based on science more than on just pure belief yet he makes it known that he does incorporate religion into his studies. Paine states how the bible would never support the idea of a king ruling over everyone, and thinks that only God deserves that much power. “As the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of scripture; for the will of the Almighty, as declared by Gideon and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings.” Later Paine elaborates on how wrong it is to worship a King the way that one would worship God. Paine thinks that God would want a government that is a democracy.…
Continuously quoting the Bible, Paine makes very strong argument he wrote in the language of the people to undoubtedly get his views across. Colonies declaring independence when they are physically larger than Britain, and are being abused as the King 's subjects…
The document was a brilliant piece that advocated for freedom and independence from England. It provoked images in the common man’s mind of why it was a necessity to gain independence. He uses sharp and clear points to zero in on the flaws and cover-ups composed by the British monarchy. He makes the statement that, “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; ...our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer” (Paine 153). Paine is specifically voicing that that society is truly uncorrupt, and that every government is in some way shape or form fraudulent.…
There are some degrees in it that is pretty extreme, but I overall agree with him entirely. The only thing that really put me on edge is when Paine said that the use of a monarchy is a sin. While I believe that this monarchy is limiting to the people, I don 't think that it is sinful. It may not seem like the right thing to do for a nation, but it’s not the worst thing that can happen. However, I agree with all of his arguments and points.…
Paine warranted the fact that the absence of the “royal brute” rule would be the only way to end the rule of Britain over the…
Which means that, it’s the responsibility of the government to disseminate equal rights to all people that exist in the environs. In his arguments on common sense, Thomas made some strong points that are more value up to date. One of the persuasive point is that; he said ‘’ people are happy with the laws they create’’. which means that when certain rules are imposed on the public without their knowledge, then dissatisfactions are going to experience, and that’s why Paines is one of those who are the anti-monarch type of…
Paine puts the theoretical attack in Biblical terms, arguing that the monarchy originated in sin. Paine presents his specific problems with the British monarchy with his attack on hereditary succession, and also lists his many grievances with the present king. Another common piece of Paine's argument is that America will eventually be independent. Sometimes he states this as a fact, and other times he seems to be persuading the reader, detailing the extent of the rift separating the colonies and the English king. Since many people were unsure about the idea of a revolution that would sever them from the king, establishing the principle of American independence was an integral part of Paine’s arguments.…
In the pamphlet, Paine uses moral reference to God, and refers to God as a way to inspire and convince plainly to the colonists the importance of American Revolutionary war against the king and Great Britain. Paine used rational examples to oppose traditional government, specifically the authority of the British government, and tried to convince the colonists the king’s tyrannical actions. He speaks openly about having “little superstition” yet uses God as a reference to connect to the people, and emphasizes how “God Almighty” would not leave the Colonists unsupported from the British “military destruction” (W. W Norton & Company Inc. 648). By contrasting the King as a “murder”, Paine reminds the Colonists the tyrannical, unrighteous actions the King has imposed on the people such as the unfair right to “bind us [America] in all cases whatsoever” as an act similar to that of “slavery” (W. W Norton & Company Inc. 648). Moreover, Paine use of God and religion is more of way to influence the Colonists opinions than act as a sermon to purpose God as shaming or demeaning the cause of the Revolution.…