Daniely Modesto
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Thomas Paine- Common Sense
"a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right..." (Norton 630)
"Thomas Paine had a grand vision for society: he was staunchly anti-slavery, and he was one of the first to advocate a world peace organization and social security for the poor and elderly. But his radical views on religion would destroy his success, and by the end of his life, only a handful of people attended his funeral."
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Thomas Paine in “Common sense” encourages people to fight for American Independence explaining with “simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense” that American colonies had received no advantage from Great Britain, which was trying to corrupt them. Paine’s played a large part in the separate America from England; he thought that the colonies should revolt against the government that he believes is not right for them.
Paine believed there was no reason for the Colonies to stay dependent on England as he argues that colonies have too little to gains to be attached to Britain. As he recommends an envoy democracy that gives equal weight to each colonies, he uses his persuading tone to led people to take actions against what they believe is unfair. He also uses motivation on his writing to bring people the courage they need to fight for their independence.
Paine uses of many Biblical references to support its claims; he argues that texts from the bible originated in sin and if America remains under the Britain’s rules there will be new taxes and rates interfering in the colonial life.
He explains that America was not a "British nation"; America was composed of influences and peoples from all of Europe, so why should they live by England’s rules.
