It was its foremost right to attain sovereignty. It was time for people of America to realize that bright future of their children lies in the hands of free and independent America. Paine and Freneau were of the same point of view that their people are enduring agony because of England a small island that ruled them from very far. The word “freedom” plays an important and presiding role in both of their writings. They both are of the opinion that in future their people will live a peaceful life in one condition that they fight against the cruel government. They both give positive hope to the people about how America will be and what life their future generations will enjoy. They talk about the prosperity of America after Independence as a result of wide number of imports and …show more content…
The right way to say it is that Philip Freneau’s “common sense” acted as the foundation for Jefferson to prepare the act of declaration of independence in which he discussed about the equality of people that God has created human with. It is everyone’s basic and important right to have freedom to live, and work to attain happiness. In order to attain this they form governments sends their representatives to parliament, expect from them that they will safeguard their rights and give them justice in every respect of life. If a government disappoint them and fails to govern justly, eventually the people have right to overturn the government. According to Freneau, the king directly affected the tenor of their offices. He terminated their trade with the rest of the world and imposed unjust taxes on them because they stood against him for their basic rights. They trialed people in far off lands for no legitimate reason. The king robbed their sea, burnt their towns and destroyed the people’s lives. They used to arrest people travelling via sea and were forced to hold arms used them to kill their own people. More mercenaries were sent from Europe to control the revolution against the hierarchy by using force and causing bloodshed. According to Thomas