Common Sense Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of Paine and Jefferson.

Common Sense Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of Paine and Jefferson.
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Paine and Jefferson

Summary: An examination of Thomas Paine's arguments for American independence, particularly in his pamphlet "Common Sense," and how those arguments are reflected in the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Paine was one of the great supporters of the American Revolution. He was a journalist and used his pen and paper to urge the public to break free from Great Brittan. He wrote anonymously, yet addressed the public as he spoke out about his beliefs. The first pamphlet he published, influencing independence from Brittan, was called Common Sense

Paine believed that America needed to break free of the British clutches. He spoke out against slavery and joined the army to help fight the war. He did not agree with hereditary monarchy and wrote another paper to argue this point (Franklin 321). Paine was very aware of his criticizers, and worked very hard to persuade them toward his way of thinking. In his pamphlet Common Sense he writes: "I have heard it asserted by some, that as America has flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same...

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