Differences Between Jefferson And Thomas Paine

In history, when we think of a Revolution, we think of a rapid change. The American Revolution, which affected many people from 1775 to about 1783, was a rebellion by the thirteen colonies against British Rule leading to the independence of the United States. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, written in 1775-1776, inspired the thirteen colonies to withdraw from British authority. Later on, the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, helped encouraged Paine’s pamphlet even more. In John Locke’s document of Chapter nine in The Second Treatise of Civil Government (1689), Locke proposes the idea of property and unmistakably expresses that the insurance of property is the principle motivation behind why the individuals structure a common government. The main goals of this essay are to explain how the Declaration and Common Sense agree and/or disagree, to see if Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the Declaration, and Thomas Paine detect any style of John Locke’s philosophy and lastly to identify the central issues of the Revolution. …show more content…
The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson). Jefferson is clarifying that the people on earth were granted with certain rights, those being life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. An argumentative statement regarding his words is that all men are created differently, which means all men have different perspectives on their ideal pursuit of happiness. He also states that all men are created equal. On the contrary, Thomas Paine