Common Sense Propaganda Analysis

During the Enlightenment age, events, such as taxation without representation, initiated the rallying of people against Great Britain. Propaganda is used to articulate the opinions of people and persuade others. In this case, the propaganda used to refute the reasoning behind ties with Great Britain was called Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Common Sense is an argumentation formed against staying allied with Great Britain. He uses this form of media to convey to the people of America that they do not need Great Britain to survive, they don’t need Great Britain for protection, nor do they owe any loyalty.
Paine debunks the theory that America needs Great Britain to flourish by using an analogy and wishful thinking. In the pamphlet, he writes
People claimed that the only reason that colonies were connected were because of one common factor: Britain. He uses this idea in turn to shame Britain for her conduct, even to the point of comparing her to being worst then a brute. He continues on to say that the convoluted way Britain is treating America deserves no loyalty but instead the fleeing of America from its “parent country”. He refers back to the primary reason of leaving Britain, evaluating that the “same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.”
Regarding all things, in the Enlightenment era, propaganda was used to persuade the minds of others to abandon the relations with Great Britain as a result of events such as taxation without representation. One example of the propaganda used in this time is Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine used his pamphlet to reason with people that leaving Britain was ‘common sense’ due to the fact that, against popular opinion, America did not need Britain to thrive nor did they need Britain for protection. Additionally, he explained that America did not owe loyalty to the cruel tyranny called Great