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Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine in January of 1776, just prior to the American Revolution. At the time, the American Colonies were governed by a King and Parlament.
Paine suggested separation from England, create a congressional body to represent the people, elections held for president, and urges the transformation of American shipyards to begin building warships to match the British Navy's fleet
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What was the second meeting of representatives from the colonies?
common sense
Common sense writer?
Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet Common Sense in 1775. He wrote it to refute the monarchy and the British rule in the colonies.
Paines common sense convinced many Americans that what they should fight for was?
Common Sense, published in 1776, was written by Thomas Paine. It convinced many Americans that America should separate from Britain and become independent and republican.
In Thomas Paine's Common Sense he wrote that it was common sense for the colonies to fight for independence because?
In Thomas Paine's Common Sense, he stated that It was absurd for an island to rule a continent. The colonies were not just British, but a mix of people from all over Europe. Britain was not the â??mother countryâ?? because no mother would treat her children the way Britain did . Distance from Britain made British rule impractical and being a part of Britain would drag America into unnecessary European wars.
Why was the common sense called common sense?
Common Sense was called 'common sense' because Thomas Paine chose to call it that.
