Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Common Sense Common Sense. What is it? Common sense is something that everyone is born with, you can be a genius or a fool but you still have it. Most people use it everyday however; some do not. In 1775-1776 Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet named Common Sense. The pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine because he wanted to find a way for the American people to understand what the British is doing and how we needed to revolt. He wrote this pamphlet in a way that the “common” man could understand it. This is where the title “Common Sense” comes from. The whole pamphlet is simple logical reasons why we need to start our own government and revolt from the British Monarchy. This pamphlet was a great idea and in my opinion, we owe everything we have to Thomas Paine for writing Common Sense. This pamphlet inspired the whole nation to revolt just as he intended for it to. Without him, who knows what government we would have. He talks about many different themes in this pamphlet or book. One of these themes are about what a government supposed to be and what it is supposed to do for its country or another one would be him talking about what a monarchy is and its flaws. Each theme he talks about he explains with such detail and thought. He put a lot of work into this pamphlet and it shows in the way America reacted to it and the events that took place after this pamphlet was published. In Common Sense, Thomas Paine says that the purpose of a government is to protect life, liberty and property. He says that the way we judge a government should only rest upon how the government preforms this action. If the government does a great job protecting life, liberty and property then therefore the government is good. Likewise, if the government does a horrible job at it then it is bad. This idea of just stating what a government is supposed to be started something bigger than anything any country has ever done and it made America the greatest example for revolting against its