In time where America needed to have a sense of identity, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to give those living in the colonies something to believe in when they were being oppressed by the British. Paine creates a sense of belief in the American people telling them that they have the power to be governed by themselves giving all equal say in their everyday lives. Paine was successful in the hopes that someday the Colonial people would want to have their own national identity. People in the early times traveled to America from far and wide to be free from oppression. They wanted the freedom to practice their own religion and to start a new life. Why not create a country based on those ideals. Paine begins by sorting out between governments
