The American Revolution began due to the corruption of the British government. The British had a monarchy in which the ruler’s descendants were given power after the ruler’s death. Thomas Paine explains that the British monarchy is not an effective form of government (Document 5). He states that man started out as all equal and that the present distribution of powers is unnatural. Paine calls hereditary succession an abominable practice. He explains that even if civilians chose to have a ruler, that does not validate the King’s child as a ruler too. Thomas Paine’s argument can be used to convince colonists to declare independence from Great Britain because the British follow this monarchy which spreads inequality. It also gives the Colonists