In the eighteenth century, America was fed up with the British empire and thought they deserved their freedom. Although Thomas Paine and Charles Inglis both had good arguments and logical reason, Paine had a patriotic vision on why America would be better off as an independent nation that Charles Inglis did not see. Paine's argument consists of his views reconciliation, preventing war, and even the downside of independance from Britian.
To describe the possible alliance between the British and Americans, Paine uses the word “Reconciliation”. Paine says that reconciliation would bring “The ruin of the Continent.” This does not mean that Pain wants America and Britain to forever be at war, but he is saying that in order to bring overall peace, America needs to be its own nation in order to thrive on its own and prevent further fighting. This will prevent emigrants from going to their colony of bad governing and constant fighting. One of his reasons is that the British has a monarchy rule with an unfair kind, and America wants to be a democracy. Paine does not think that the king has the right to tell everyone that “[They] shall make no laws but what [he pleases]” He then states that with all of the fighting and tension, it would be nearly impossible to move forward and the two colonies would eventually just …show more content…
One of his reasons that America should be independent is that they were already at war with the British. In his section “Preventing War”, he is saying that freedom from the British empire would only make the relationship with America and Britain better. Because the Britians and the Americans are already at war, America becoming independent and letting the british continue their monarchy rule would only prevent the current war between the two colonies from getting
To describe the possible alliance between the British and Americans, Paine uses the word “Reconciliation”. Paine says that reconciliation would bring “The ruin of the Continent.” This does not mean that Pain wants America and Britain to forever be at war, but he is saying that in order to bring overall peace, America needs to be its own nation in order to thrive on its own and prevent further fighting. This will prevent emigrants from going to their colony of bad governing and constant fighting. One of his reasons is that the British has a monarchy rule with an unfair kind, and America wants to be a democracy. Paine does not think that the king has the right to tell everyone that “[They] shall make no laws but what [he pleases]” He then states that with all of the fighting and tension, it would be nearly impossible to move forward and the two colonies would eventually just …show more content…
One of his reasons that America should be independent is that they were already at war with the British. In his section “Preventing War”, he is saying that freedom from the British empire would only make the relationship with America and Britain better. Because the Britians and the Americans are already at war, America becoming independent and letting the british continue their monarchy rule would only prevent the current war between the two colonies from getting