Why Did Thomas Paine To Obtain American Independence

“Common Sense” by Thomas Paine

The great political philosopher named Thomas Paine did the opposite of what many people would do, he was in contradiction of the government his country had established and persuaded an opposite country do make itself independent from his natal country. One of the most advocate pamphlets towards American independence was the “Common Sense”, which will be stated through the essay along with Thomas Paine’s biography, the importance of an immigrant wanting American independence, and the reasons why it is in America’s interest to be free from Britain.

This Democratic man was born at Thetford, England in January 29, 1737. Although, Thomas Paine “did learn to read, write, and perform arithmetic” (“Thomas Paine” 2014),

One common sense reason was, how can an Island rule a continent? That was occurring between Britain and the colonies. Britain was just a colony, while the colonies were a continent. “Small islands not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses the common order of nature, it is evident they belong to different systems: England to Europe, America to itself” (Paine 25). Another motive was the distance between Britain and America, it was too much of a distance for Britain to handle. “The business of it will soon be too weighty, and intricate, to be managed with any tolerable degree of convenience, by a power, so distant from us, and so very ignorant of us; for if they cannot conquer us, they cannot govern us” (Paine 25). The distance was also an impediment of petitions and answers to get across fast, as Paine states “To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which when obtained requires five or six more to explain it in, will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness- There was a time when it was proper, and there is a proper time for it to cease” (25). Paine believed that the colonists should be free from mother England, because England isn’t acting like a mother country, it violated the colonist rights, didn’t hear the voice of them, and it didn’t seek prosperity for the sake of the colonists, as Paine remarked “this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure anything which we may bequeath to prosperity” (22). Metaphorically, a mother cares, loves, and listens to their children, but England is contrary to