Thomas Paine himself has no doubt as to the regards of whether the American movement for independence is necessary. He makes this clear through statements such as “the sun never shined on a cause of greater worth” (Paine 37). However, even amongst those who ultimately agreed with the American cause, they did not share the same certainty as Paine, especially not in early 1776. From pacifist religious groups who may have believed in the cause itself but refused to fight (Foner 226) to the wealthy who feared the revolution and its ideals may go too far (Foner 226), the opinions regarding independence are far greyer and more blurred than one may be able to decipher from Thomas Paine’s very certain Common
Thomas Paine himself has no doubt as to the regards of whether the American movement for independence is necessary. He makes this clear through statements such as “the sun never shined on a cause of greater worth” (Paine 37). However, even amongst those who ultimately agreed with the American cause, they did not share the same certainty as Paine, especially not in early 1776. From pacifist religious groups who may have believed in the cause itself but refused to fight (Foner 226) to the wealthy who feared the revolution and its ideals may go too far (Foner 226), the opinions regarding independence are far greyer and more blurred than one may be able to decipher from Thomas Paine’s very certain Common