Common Sense 
Tomas Vela
U.S. History 101 Section 134
Common Sense Paper
In the years of 1775 through 1776, the American colonies were at the beginning of a war with Great Britain. American loyalists, those who supported the King of England, believed the colonies should remain loyal to their parent country of Great Britain, whereas the American patriots viewed the King of England as a tyrant and the country of Great Britain as betraying the American colonies. In 1776 Thomas Paine, a British patriot, wrote the political pamphlet, Common Sense, rejecting loyalist’s views about English control over the colonies and ultimately strengthening the American patriots’ morale to wage war against England (Tindall and Shi 150). Through Common Sense, Paine argued that England did not share the best interest of the colonies (Paine 84), that through checks and balances the King of England and Parliament did not protect the colonists from governmental tyranny but ruled one (Paine 69), and that the political order of the British government, a hereditary succession, had not and would not prevent potential civil wars. (Paine 79). Thomas Paine rebuffed the loyalist’s view of England demonstrating their best interest for the colonies by stating, “We have boasted the protection of Great-Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest not attachment; that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account, but from her enemies on her own account…” (Paine 84). The colonies were hurting economically rather than strengthening under Britain’s control. According to Paine, Spain and France would have never been the enemies of the Americans had it not been for the connection between England and the colonies (Paine 84). The colonies were not enemies as Americans; they were enemies as subjects of Britain. The notion of Britain being the parent or mother country further disgusted Paine as he describes, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families…”
U.S. History 101 Section 134
Common Sense Paper
In the years of 1775 through 1776, the American colonies were at the beginning of a war with Great Britain. American loyalists, those who supported the King of England, believed the colonies should remain loyal to their parent country of Great Britain, whereas the American patriots viewed the King of England as a tyrant and the country of Great Britain as betraying the American colonies. In 1776 Thomas Paine, a British patriot, wrote the political pamphlet, Common Sense, rejecting loyalist’s views about English control over the colonies and ultimately strengthening the American patriots’ morale to wage war against England (Tindall and Shi 150). Through Common Sense, Paine argued that England did not share the best interest of the colonies (Paine 84), that through checks and balances the King of England and Parliament did not protect the colonists from governmental tyranny but ruled one (Paine 69), and that the political order of the British government, a hereditary succession, had not and would not prevent potential civil wars. (Paine 79). Thomas Paine rebuffed the loyalist’s view of England demonstrating their best interest for the colonies by stating, “We have boasted the protection of Great-Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest not attachment; that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account, but from her enemies on her own account…” (Paine 84). The colonies were hurting economically rather than strengthening under Britain’s control. According to Paine, Spain and France would have never been the enemies of the Americans had it not been for the connection between England and the colonies (Paine 84). The colonies were not enemies as Americans; they were enemies as subjects of Britain. The notion of Britain being the parent or mother country further disgusted Paine as he describes, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families…”