The Rights Of Man Thomas Paine Summary

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The title says it all, “The Rights of Man” written by Thomas Paine about The French Revolution, specifically on how he didn’t agree with Burke. How men don’t have equal rights. There’s a part one and part two, in part one it talks about the French Revolution and part two talks about Thomas Paine demanding to replace a English form of government with a republic. He didn’t like the fact that it was upon hereditary to come with the law. “Crown would be preserved, a compromise he approved, provided the throne should not be hereditary”(5). He didn’t like the fact that England had a heredity government. It doesn’t let the citizen’s help with the decision with the law that they make. He also stated “men should take up arms and spend their lives

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