How Did Thomas Paine Have In Common Sense

Many people are very familiar with the Journalist Thomas Paine, and his work, Common Sense, but many do not know depth behind his words. Despite the fact that many Americans were uncomfortable under British rule, many were too scared to speak up. However, Thomas Paine felt as if America had evolved and no longer needed to be under British rule. In the pamphlet, he displays the arguments of government as a necessary evil, state of nature, the inevitability of British oppression, and the problems with the monarchy. England, the supposed parent country did the exact opposite of what a guardian should do. This behavior urged Thomas Paine to create the common sense to explain, depict, and elaborate on all aspects of why America should succeed from

Paine tried to explain to the colonies that size does not matter by stating this statement “Tis not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies: yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world.” America did not have a navy unlike England, but they had all the necessary tools and resources to acquire one if needed. The Americans had to be prepared and remained confident, Paine wanted them to know that they could not be insensible that Britain would never suffer an American man of war to be built, while the Continent remained in her hands. War was not the only thing Paine had touched bases on in Common Sense. Another main issue was the England checks and balances system. England government was not designed to protect subjects from tyranny through their balance constitutional system of checks and balances. In reality, their checks and balance system was restrictive because parliament could check the kings authorities. To give someone absolute power is a corruption waiting to happen, what was which Thomas Paine had realized. The composition of monarchy first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest of judgment is required. This factor will shut the common man out from the world. Paine believes that government was a necessary evil and absolute government was a disgrace of human nature. He felt this way because all of the advantages were with England and had no compassion if the people suffered or not. In Common Sense Paine examines the component parts of the English Constitution and found the base remains of two ancient tyrannies. The first was the remains of monarchical tyranny in the person of the king. Secondly the remains of aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the peers. The last component was the new republican materials, in the persons of