Wang 1 Mingxun Wang HIS 020 April 6th‚ 2012 Common Sense Essay In his book Common Sense‚ Thomas Paine‚ illustrates three main ideas on the future of American government. First‚ he argues that a government is natural and necessary. Second‚ he believes that America should be separated from Britain. Third‚ he proposes a structure for the American government. Paine uses these three points to put forth a convincing argument for the independence of the current thirteen colonies. First of all
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Thomas Paine a revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” in January 1776 compels his argument for American Independence from Britain. He has written the pamphlet anonymously and argued that citizens‚ not kings or queens should make the law. It has state that “Americans Independence became a means to move from promising ideas to practical achievements‚ but only the American army could defeat Britain and defend independence.” Which infers that we must fight for our freedom in order
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the years to follow his father’s trade. Paine didn’t do so well at that either and he experimented with other jobs such as a privateer‚ an excise‚ and finally a journalist. Paine became an important figure publishing many of his works including “Common Sense”‚ an influential piece that pushed for independence‚ which was published in 1776 and followed by “The American Crisis”. Later in his lifetime‚ he was arrested for not supporting the execution of Louis XVI and was put away in jail for some time
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Common Sense Common sense is the knowledge and thinking ability a person acquires through experience and from teachings passed on from others‚ and is used to deal with everyday life in appropriate manners. It is what a person relies on to tell them‚ generally‚ what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ and what is best for them in a given situation to sustain overall well-being. It reflects the thought process that is used when faced with possible uncertainty‚ and it relies heavily on memory. It enables
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Mitch Witek AMST 193 Prof. Van Vleck TA: Mark Redmond 13 February 2013 Common Sense It is often unclear whether a leader defines the times‚ or whether the time period opens the door for a leader to emerge. Thomas Paine was most certainly the latter. By writing Common Sense at a time when America was ripe with purpose he thrust the American people into a war with the greatest empire of the age. Thomas Paine wrote one of the most influential documents in U.S history through a brilliant understanding
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Omar El-Azhary 6 May 2012 Common Sense Making people understand a serious situation like America’s independence is not easy‚ but Thomas Paine was able to do so through his book‚ Common Sense. Thomas Paine was able to communicate his ideas to common simple farmers and to the high class intellectuals very easily. He lived at the time of the American Revolution‚ and Common Sense is one of his main publications that urged Americas’ independence from the British. Born in 1937‚ Thomas Paine was originally
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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
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Common Sense and Viewpoints 1. Unpopular community facilities – 2011 AL Page 1 Think about! – Locate unpopular facilities in residential areas What kinds of facilities are unpopular? Why many people in community oppose these facilities? What are their arguments? How to strike a balance between the residents’ viewpoints and the needs of constructing some unpopular community facilities? Page 2 How to persuade the residents to accept unpopular facilities in
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Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense In the year 1776 Thomas Paine wrote his pamphlet Common Sense to convince the struggling colonists that succession from the British monarchy was not only inevitable‚ but also justified‚ and that it was time for the people of the American colonies to rise up against the British control. At this time the American Revolution had been in progress for about a year and the colonists were divided about what to do. There were Patriots fighting for independence‚ Loyalist who were
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towards England. The Americans became unified and severed their bonds with Great Britain. This separation was inevitable‚ as philosopher Thomas Paine said in his most famous essay; it was only "Common Sense" for the 13 colonies of America to declare their independence from the Empire of Great Britain. Thomas Paine’s "Common Sense" published in January
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