I would say Paine had a disadvantage by not being born in the colonies although you would have not known by how quickly he took up with America once arriving. He would have one advantage of when he speaks oh how England is a true tyrant, he would know better then the rest of the men born in the colonies. In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson is writing to the elite, the wealthy educated landowners. The people of America that are well involved in the Political system. Pain wants to address everyone down to the lowest level and he does this by speaking in simple terms not using any Latin that only the most educated elite use when reading or writing. Jefferson also does not discuss slavery in the Declaration Of Independence due to Georgia