Why Did Thomas Paine Become An American Independence

During the Revolutionary War, there was many documents and forms of propaganda and news that were used to influence the colonists and get them to act on the coming revolution. One was the pamphlet of Common Sense Written by Thomas Paine. The pamphlet was bought and read so frequently that is was considered a best seller for the time. Everyone that read Common Sense did not necessarily agree with it but it brought up many valid points as to why America should separate from Britain. The document was written prior to the revolution in January of 1776. The author Thomas Paine had only moved to the colonies two years prior in November of 1774. Thomas himself was looking for a new start in the colonies as he had had unfortunate events occur in his work and marriage from Europe. After spending the next two years of spending time in the colonies, he realized the coming revolution and soon became a “political revolutionary”. He spent his time in writing Common Sense to influence colonists to take a stand against British rule and laid down several key reasons as to why America should secede from Britain. Thomas Pain was strongly a revolutionary after spending some time in the colonies. He was a neutral party was first arriving in 1774, but that was due to …show more content…
The document included as detailed description as to why they have every reason to want to separate from “the parent country.” He was on the side of favoring revolution because he wanted to separate from his childhood country altogether as why he left as well. Then he realized that Britain was mistreating the colonies and said that they deserve to rule themselves. They had the resources, freedom, and intellect to do so. He used this source of propaganda to inform and persuade the people of his and many other colonist’s point of view, that a revolution was coming and that they had to unite as