Thomas Paine Thesis

In the book, Common Sense written by Thomas Paine, Paine envisioned a country where all people had equal rights. Though it was a radical position to take at the time by Paine but he has many supporting reasons why he believed so. While most people in the colonies were busy saying that the King was not doing his duties which should have been in the best interest of his countrymen, but Paine, went above and beyond and published a famous pamphlet "Common Sense". This pamphlet actually went as far as to say that kings themselves were tyrants and dictators. His views were not just opinions, they were down right accusations. He believed whole heartily in equality and freedom and the right of all people to own property. This specialty

proved him as a true leader in all ways and people understood that he was the right man to lead them to their freedom.
Thomas Paine, born in England left his country in search of liberty and independence, all ideologies that opposed to the kings monarchy. His belief was completely opposite of British parliamentary procedures, for Paine American Independence was not all about patriotism but about representation and democracy. So it was not just about patriotism but he went into depth in elaborating the changes he needs to see in a nation which should exercise representation and democracy. According to Paine, the function of government in a society should be regulating and enforcing laws and rules that are set by the countrymen themselves. The pamphlet, Common Sense by Thomas Paine was highly regarded and appreciated by numerous colonists. There are numerous reasons why Paine believed that it is in America' s best interest to be free from Britain and the kings tyranny.
Freedom is the state of being free or at liberty. Thomas Paine believed that America should be free from great Britain because he believed in a small Island nation, England, that could not rule over a large landmass. He thought the British government was out of touch with the colonies. He also assumed that the Britishers wanted to rule over the colonists due to the type of government they ran in their own nation. British made a lot of taxes for the colonies, because of the war in 1812 that used the British money.
Thomas Paine felt that America as a powerful country and was better off by themselves and did not need another country's providence.

However, being an American resident, Paine believed that the individuals would be much more satisfied if they had the right to follow the laws that they created themselves. In fact, having this ability would provide them with freedom within there own country. To make this occur, America felt that Europe had trouble being nosy in the American ways of having a satisfying government that was able to grant many individuals desires. To be sneaky and find out how they did this, they decided to come to America and take a look and slowly destroy the American nation. Usually when people read articles, newspapers or watch the news they tend to believe that Americans should break the bond with Great Britain because they have been holding the country back in many ways. Paine implies how this will make a difference to the American colonist by shaping the representative system. Also, understanding the British reign in America and dissenting upon it, he decided to remove the British system of government. Although, the British system was complicated and overflowing with many problems caused by the king who had granted too much power. Which proves how the British system assumed to provide a reasonable system of checks and

balances.
To go more into to detail in the conflicting argument between America and Britain, and how America was being ruled by Britain and the king. However, this led to many contributions throughout the history. America, as a powerful nation was able to provide and support themselves with any necessity even without Britain trying to make an alliance with them. Where as, many Americans took Britain as a consideration which was not needed what so ever. Some may say that, Britain has done a lot to protect America, and therefore deserves to have the duty to prolong with an allegiance. I believe due to the problems with the British economic system , they wanted to imitate the American ways of demolishing a well being economic system. Which was proven after seeing how the British began attacking them and were total hypocrites, due to the fact they wanted to be better than the Americans. As Paine states "all mankind is created equally so why should there be a separation of kings and subjects." He tries to refer to the system and ways of the British, with a strong belief that people should have the right to control over the nation instead of a dictator. Although, this also proved how people had a negative feeling about the king at the time.
Furthermore, Paine was able to distinguish a hundred ways to defeat the British and found very little concern in not doing so. Many believed the outcome of defeating the Britain would be a very big challenge, which indeed was just a fact that was brought up by stimulating the size of the colonist. However, even if America were to have a small population they would not be a disadvantage to the empire. To make this happen Paine decided to make a back up plan for the American colonist. He established how the colonies are not as small as they seem to be, and confirms that the colonists are capable of building a Navy equivalent to run the Britishers off back to their country. Another plan of Paine included how it is in advantage to have a small group of colonies. Where as a large group may not agree to what everyone has in mind and would desire to go their own way of defeating the other nation. However, a small group of colonies may be resistible and more unified to be able to overcome their trouble and be a free country. Therefore, as Paine realized the different aspects of the troubles the Brits hers were causing they began to finally declare there independence from Great Britain. To recapitulate how the British put large amounts of taxes on the colonies which brought the actual conflict between the two nations. To take revenge of this act the colonists established different unions to protect themselves.
Moreover, many knew declaring war on Britain was not going to get them any advantage. However, the idea of revolting against Britain's colonies in America Commerce was better evolved and electrocuted with Europe after America had become independent. Some had sided with Britain and the other with America. It was very important to unattached Britain with American due to the fear of the problems that they had caused. Therefore, many Americans yearned for independence from the Britain acknowledging that they would create more problems and have an influence of monarchy in their nation. To overcome this fear, Paine proposed the form of government that the colonies must follow. This form proved equality and independence for the American colonies.
Thomas Paine gets the wake up call to finally free the Americans from Great Britain. He looks forward to the colonists and their current capabilities. He ensures America's security and prosperity in trade as a whole wide nation. Even though, Americans were looked upon as rebels it was difficult for them to create alliances with other nations. For Americans to have a good reputation, the colonies needed to be an independent nation. Where as, to become an independent nation they would be able to provide themselves with more sources and able to defend their colonies. Although, once they are free from Britain they would have the power to rule and become independent within their own government.
In Conclusions, in his book, "Common Sense," Thomas Paine's main argument was that the Colonists should be able to govern themselves and have the right to be free and independent.

Many individuals tried to avoid conflicts between nations and hoped they can be resolved by themselves. However, the pamphlet expresses thorough ideas and details that were very compelling. For example, it had compelled the undecided colonists that revolted against Great Britain is a must. Laws and regulations were needed when the populations began to expand in the colonies. As Thomas Paine states, "best balance for a government", he exclaims how it was impossible to apprehend each individuals decision and ideas without having a meeting. Therefore, elections had been taken place; however, it was right for Paine to feel that it was wrong for an island nation such as England to rule a continent and how America is not a "British nation", for what Europe was trying to establish by being a negative influence. He also stated that "if Britain was a mother country, that her brutality on her children would be considered horrendous". This quote demonstrates how Britain had no right what so ever to take over a powerful nation as America and have the influence of monarchy. To conclude, the colonies were a aim for the British to achieve by taking over and trying to have power over them rather than helping the colonist with their

independence.
Prompt 2: Why does Paine think it is in America's best interest to be free from Britain?