The pamphlet ‘Common Sense’ was written by Thomas Paine and was published on January 10, 1776. Paine was in support of the patriot cause to declare independence from Britain. Paine uses his anger and radical writing skills to fuel the American colonists. ‘Common Sense’ is believed to have the greatest influenced part in the American Revolution. The main objective of the pamphlet was to transform the colonial rebellion into a war for independence. Paine used the taxes that were placed in and the truth about Britain’s monarchy as leverage for influence. The colonists reacted in many ways to ‘Common Sense’ but no other statistic is important than when John Adams estimated that number of colonists who wanted independence jumped from 33% to 75% after ‘Common Sense’ was released.1.
Paine is known to be a radical writer and he likes to use it a lot in his writings to persuade his readers. He did exactly that in Common Sense. He wrote in a language that the readers could understand. He would denounce King George the third by calling him “the Pharaoh of England” and the “the royal brute of Great Britain”2.Paine also went after England’s monarchy and argued for a republic government. Paine felt that England should not have ruled over the colonies because of …show more content…
It was only months after Common Sense was published that Congress approved the Declaration of Independence(5). ”We have been driven to the necessity of breaking off all connections with her” a quote from Common Sense is almost identical to the second to last paragraph-“The road to happiness and to glory is open to us too; we will climb it, apart from them, and acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our eternal separation.”6. Another quote from Common Sense-"The peaceful methods which we have ineffectually used for redress” the same idea is used in the third to last paragraph in the Declaration of
Paine is known to be a radical writer and he likes to use it a lot in his writings to persuade his readers. He did exactly that in Common Sense. He wrote in a language that the readers could understand. He would denounce King George the third by calling him “the Pharaoh of England” and the “the royal brute of Great Britain”2.Paine also went after England’s monarchy and argued for a republic government. Paine felt that England should not have ruled over the colonies because of …show more content…
It was only months after Common Sense was published that Congress approved the Declaration of Independence(5). ”We have been driven to the necessity of breaking off all connections with her” a quote from Common Sense is almost identical to the second to last paragraph-“The road to happiness and to glory is open to us too; we will climb it, apart from them, and acquiesce in the necessity which denounces our eternal separation.”6. Another quote from Common Sense-"The peaceful methods which we have ineffectually used for redress” the same idea is used in the third to last paragraph in the Declaration of