Comon Sense by Thomas Paine
A period of psychological division categorizes the period from 1765 to 1776 in America’s history. Through the growing tyranny of the British Empire, ambiguity swept the American continent and created a divided community made up of loyalists, those who sided with the thoughts and views of the King of England, and patriots, those who refused to be ruled by the King of England. In order to repair the severed nation and create a continent united in …
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…Paine is able to persuade the colonists that originally wished to stay loyal to the King of England to fight for their independence.
“But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain” (Paine p. 31).
By relating to colonists through religious and common goals, Thomas Paine successfully illustrates his main idea: independence from Mother England.
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