Thomas Paine's Struggle For Independence In The United States

Thomas Paine figured that America would gain many advantages if they were to seek independence that would help the country in the long run. He starts off in why Britain is not right for America anymore in the way of its government. He stated the Britain’s government was too complex for the colonies and that it contradicted itself with different policies. Paine also said that the government had too much power and that nothing was put in place to balance that power out. The colonies would be better off without the rule of the British monarchy and that they have evolved into a relatively independent nation. They no longer had only reason to give their allegiances to Britain and that the colonies were only taken care of by the government to
further their own needs. They are seen as rebellious in the eyes of other nations in Europe and that if they were independent the colonies would flourish economically. If they were to be kept under British rule the problems that they were facing would only get worse as time went by. I think that the pamphlet is called common sense in that a lot of Paine’s ideas were common to the colonist’s everyday life. The pamphlet was used to bring in educated people into independence talk as well as the uneducated people and by using simple words in the title and the rest of the pamphlet he had achieved his goal. He wanted them to want independence for themselves and that if they were to get their wish then they needed to take action instead of peacefully trying to find a solution.