Common Sense The political pamphlet, Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine had a great influence over the fight for the independence of the American Colonies. ... Common Sense reveals many of the grievances and issues the people of the colonies held against Britain. ... The American Pageant, Encarta Encyclopedia, and Brian Phillips of theadvocates.org all agree that the issues and points Paine discusses are historically accurate and that Common Sense is one of the most significant factors contributing to the start of the Revolutionary War. However, Paine was not unbiased is his creation ...

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Paine talked about american revolutionary ideas with his 1776 writing Common Sense. ... Two years later in January 1976 Thomas pain a pamphleteer published a pamphlet entitled Common sense to encourage Americans and to help push Americans patriots towards independence. ... In the same pamphlet he also wrote to communicate a sense of urgency about moving towards independence and denounced the British monarchy writing: "the folly of hereditary rights in kings, is that nature disapproves its by giving mankind an ass for a lion." His pamphlet Common sense also attacked congressional moderates f...

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When a government, especially a monarchy, is challenged by a politically inferior group and isn't able to show immediate superiority, it makes logical sense to the public to question its authority and legitimacy. ...

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Paine implied in his pamphlet, Common Sense written in 1776 that American residents should fight for complete freedom from the British rule than fighting against British taxation. ... All the three documents have in common the reasons to fight for independence and how to morally convince the colonies. ...

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The following essay is a comparative analysis work done on Thomas Paine's Common Sense against James Otis' the rights of the British colonies, Asserted and proved. ... Paine adds that mankind was created by god to be equal and the idea of a king and common people is unnatural, hereditary succession adds to the problem because power and ruling right is given sometimes to people who are corrupt and incompetent. ... Paine realises the strength of the colonies and how they are sufficient enough to sense unity between them instead of waiting until their numbers increase and lose that u...

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America had the raw materials, and was unwilling to abide by the hated laws of England, only allowing England and no other country to use them, this made smuggling to the colonist unusually common. ... During the war, people worked together for the common cause of independence from the England and its tyrannical King. Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" brought forth a great deal of pride and responsibility in the American people. ...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

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Thomas Paine, in his manuscript entitled "Common Sense" recognized as clearly as John Adams did that the governments founded on the basis of American independence had to be legitimate. "Common Sense" set forth the governmental plan that Paine deemed satisfactory. ...

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He did so by writing a pamphlet, Common Sense, that stated, in simple terms, numerous reasons for independence. ... Falling upon greatly receptive ears, Common Sense became one of the most influential works of the American Revolution. ...

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The contributions to Boston from five different colonies following the Intolerable Acts demonstrate a sense of unity between the colonies. ... It was very common for loyalist to be wealthy and anything that would threaten their wealth they would be opposed to, for example, a revolution. The Second Continual Congress definitely showed a sense of American identity in their declaration that referred to the colonies as a united nation in a variety of ways. ...

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According to Plato's Crito, "Whatever the popular view is, and whether the alternative is pleasanter than the present one or even harder to bear, the fact remains that to do wrong is in every sense bad and dishonorable for the person who does it"(911). ... In Peter Cave's "Man or Sheep"," he argues that "Our common rationality and interests should lead us to see and accept what would be fair laws, benefits and rights for all"(963). ... In most areas of the U.S, privacy is protected as a common law, not a constitutional right. ... A common law can vary from state to state but one co...

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Upon its reception into the colonies, the Enlightenment had a tremendous impact. The effects of the enlightenment are evident in American Literature, the founding of Georgia as a colony, as well as the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. Although advocates of enlightened ideas w...

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Hobbes describes the state of nature, in which no common power exists, as one of continuous war and violence, and of fear and death. According to Hobbes, in such a condition, "it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in a condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man."" ... Where there is no common Power, there is no Law: where no Law, no Injustice. ... Because of intrinsic traits of natural man, entering into a civil society (a social contract) is the only way to provide peace and the common de...

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It helped with the growth of population and economic power, strengthened its sense of democracy and encouraged other countries to fight for their own independence; due to the fact that the idea of independence was fresh in Americans minds, as well as the understanding of their rights as citizens and a Nation. ...

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According to Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense, each man has his natural rights including his innate right to liberty whereby no established institution or nation can alter, let alone counter. ... Foner illustrates how America took this so-called right, "Indeed, a sense of spatial openness, of the constant opportunity to pick up and move when the pursuit of happiness seemed to demand it, became in these years a central component of American freedom (50)."" ...

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The African-American and His Majesty's Army in the Age of the American Revolution "And I do hereby further declare all indented servants, Negroes, and others, (appertaining to Rebels), free, that are able and willing to bear arms, they joining His Majesty's Troops, as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing the Colony to a proper sense of their duty, to His majesty's crown and dignity." ... In 1774 there was a common misconception within the African-American slave community that Great Britain was the Israel for slaves; they believed that they could gain their freedo...

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Adams' desire for equal rights for women was shared by the larger female population one can take the position that her views and sentiments were sparked by conversation and common beliefs of her social circle, which historically is often the nexuses for revolution and reform. ... The letters presented begin on March 19, 1776, two months after Thomas Paine's political pamphlet "Common Sense" is published and go through August 13, 1783 just prior to the signing of the Treaty of Paris. ...

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Showing that the colonies maintain this sense of unity that is strengthening. ... Edmund Burke, a British philosopher, promoted the belief that America and England had nothing in common and therefore states that England cannot wish to rule America while being divided by the "Barriers of Nature", otherwise the Atlantic Ocean (B). ...

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Thesis After fighting for their rights in the American Revolution many colonists had hoped for a political system that granted equal rights for everyone. However, in a society dominated by rich white males equal rights were only for the privileged, women, slaves, and the poor were excluded. The Amer...

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The American Revolution Throughout the history of human existence, revolutions have been as common as the changing of the seasons. ... The British thought it made sense because they believed in virtual representation. ...

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During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Revolutionary War, England was not only ...

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It is important to note that at this time the idea of Independence from Britain was not a common one and there were strong feelings in America between British Loyalists and the Colonial revolutionists. ... However in January of 1776, Thomas Payne wrote a pamphlet (Common Sense) that strongly urged the colonial cause. ...

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(Maier, 164) Richard Henry preached unity against this common cause among Americans. ... In this sense, it is not likely that Lee was calling for international alliances for any kind of military responsibility or support, but the term "alliance" held a broader meaning and might be looked at in this context as "virtually synonymous with commercial treaty." ... The creation a central government in America soon became a common goal among Congress, and Lee's strongly democratic views and insistence on political reforms came into play. ...

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Thomas Paine, in Common Sense of 1776 outlines the inadequacies of the British government as they pertain to the governing of the American Colonies, and highlights the inequality inherent in the English government, that lead to the unequal treatment of the colonies...

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