Pros And Cons Of Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1909. Thomas Jefferson was the author of United States, and the Statute of Virginia of Religious freedom. President Jefferson was the founder of the University of Virginia. As a public official,historian,philosopher,and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.

Religion played a crucial role in Paine's argument. He knew that the most of colonists had some sort of religion that he can use as a basis for his argument. One of the points that he made was that a “distinction … of men into Kings and Subjects,” is not from god, it is from the “heathens,” (Paine, 72). Paine made sure to tell the readers that this interpretation is directly from the Bible so if anyone wanted to check for themselves they can. He supported many of the things he said from the Bible so that people would not question it. He used stories of how Israel wanted a king even though god himself did not want one to voice his opposition of the leadership of monarchy. The Bible was a major source that Paine used in order to unify the people under one cause. Before this essay people did not know who to side with, the new colonies or the monarchy, who they have who they have been loyal to until this point. Now Common Sense gives them a reason to support the

Typology has been used for many centuries and has gone through numerous changes. These changes range from legendary, Puritan storyteller Mary Rowlandson, onto the nature-loving, pastor Johnathan Edwards, as well as the historic Enlightenment, political thinker Thomas Paine. It is important to have an understanding of typology and its definition in order to be able to read and understand the profound concept that it is. It is basically looking at the stamp of life and interpreting it for what it is, rather than what it is like or what it could be. In typology there is an antitype and type. The antitype is unique, original that is difficult to mimic and understand; therefore, as an example, the antitype is a rubber stamp. The type is essentially the printed image or the imprint of the antitype. Typology has multiple definitions and there are various forms of typology, but we’ll focus on the one defined beforehand and look at three of its varying forms— the biblical typology of Mary Rowlandson, the natural typology of Johnathan Edwards, and the political typology of Thomas Paine. Typology’s many forms allow it to be incredibly diverse and the cause for the shift in its types will be discussed as well.

Thomas Paine made no secret for his hatred of the British monarchy. This was partially due to their absolutism beliefs, the oppression of his countrymen, and the system of government where the rich got richer and the poor get poorer. He believed that Britain would never have a balanced government so long as monarchy and hereditary succession stayed in place. When Thomas Paine immigrated to Philadelphia, several things had strong influences on his writing of Common Sense. The Intolerable acts as well as the Enlightenment Challenge influenced his writing concerning the view of parliament and British monarchy (maybe switch this sentence for the next one).After Parliament had passed The Intolerable Acts, Paine watched the continuation and control the British Monarchy and Parliament had in America, along with their unnatural behaviors and influence over government issues, the ideological changes that came from ‘The Enlightenment Challenge’. Paine believed change could and should happen; that America could find economic independence and not carry any burden of debt if they separated from Britain since their debt was actually Britain’s in the first place. Paine said that there could be no reconciliation; he understood that to become free and have liberties with an independent government there was no going back, only forward. Paine had a strong desire to see religious freedom become possible, and for people to have the right to choose and

Once the United States declared independence from Britain in 1776, they immediately started to create a government. Tomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was the first ever pamphlet to advocate American independence. It started many ideas that began the Revolution. In 1777, Congress submitted the Articles of Confederation which is the nation’s first constitution even though it was ratified a few years later. Congress could not handle the country’s economic affairs under the Articles because most state currencies were useless due to the wartime inflations. They even tried to print and use their own Continental dollars so they could keep the economy alive but that had also failed.

Thomas Paine , a man who knows nothing about war , is trying to prolong this catastrophe. What is treason ; how do you define it? Why bite the hands that fed you when time was hard ? Logic and reason are two concepts that need to be use to stop this massacre. Bloody fields fill with soldier which could all been prevented if the people of American would understand the king’s rules.

Paine believes that for America to prosper in the long term it must gain independence

America today is not a happy utopia of agreement and friendship. Thomas Paine's 1791 description of America no longer proves to be true, if it ever even was true. In 2016, America has large political tensions, unfair distribution of wealth, and unjust laws can cause violent riots.

As the “necessary evil”, the government should play its function solely on protecting freedom and security. The ideal status for people was to live without government, and the need for the government was only to mitigate the problems brought by the anarchic way of life. Paine also pointed out the problems of monarchy, in which he argued that all men were created equal so the idea that one man was better off the others had violated this equal right (Shi and Mayer, 100). The practice of hereditary succession would brought a series of problems, such as corruption and war. Besides, Paine made arguments further by analyzing the current situation of America. In regards to the comments that Britain has led to the flourish of America, Paine noted that the Americans themselves contributed to the achievement and they could live without the help of Britain. The supervision from Britain was for their own sake rather than that of America. Final, Paine indicated that breaking away from Britain was an inevitable trend for America. In the long run, America would benefit from independent a lot. It could not only acquire international status, but also could gain assistance from other

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense anonymously because the ideas he used in writing the book were contradicting the government at that time. If the government knew that he wrote it then they will take action against him to punish him. He probably thought that his work would remain as something memorable such as it was only there to raise the spirit of the colonist to fight back and to stand up against the government. Thomas Paine stand up believed in himself.

Paine uses a number of arguments to support his belief that the American colonies would be better off as an independent nation. First of all, he believes that the argument to rectify relations with England is unfair, as though she is referred to as America’s ‘mother country,’ she has to right to be referred to as such. The colonies were composed of numerous nationalities, not just Englishmen. In fact, “Not one third of the inhabitants, even of this province are of English descent.” The fact that the British do not even compose most of America’s population, coupled with the fact that Paine believes her behavior towards her ‘child country’ to be worse than that of a brute’s, causes Paine to believe that referring to England as the mother country

However, Paine combats all of these notions with well-thought-out, educated details that sway those arguments. For example, the idea of England increasing the profitability of America’s trade is addressed by Paine saying, “Our plan is commerce and that, well attended to, will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe; because it is the interest of all Europe to have America a free port. Her trade will always be a protection and her barrenness of gold and silver secure her from invaders.” (Paine, 458). Paine’s use of the lack of the readers’ common knowledge allows for a compelling argument which would enlighten audiences.

While it is true that the British colonies in North America did stem from England, it is incredulous to think that a mere island nation, no matter how powerful or far reaching their empire, could ever hope to govern a continent a vast ocean apart. Between the French and Indian War and the subsequent taxation that it resulted in, the period of Benign Neglect was beginning to take a darker and more restrictive route, which would only go to instill in the minds of the American colonists that they were only a “means to an end” for Britain. Thomas Paine would only help to stoke the flames of the coming movement for American independence through his work “Common Sense” where he brought the hypocrisies and sins of the British government to light along with arguing why the colonies would be better off on their own. Within the contents of “Common Sense”, Paine would go toe-to-toe with the arguments of colonists who opposed independence in areas such as whether or not England had the colonies’ best interest at heart, the true nature of balance between the British monarchy and Parliament, and whether or not the colonists could actually govern themselves.

In essence, Common Sense is about freedom in America, not only about cutting off its ties with the British. The freedom Pained swooned about was a specific kind of freedom that only existed in the New World. Once the ties were severed, it was new beginnings. One of the types of freedoms Paine had hoped to see, was the freedom of man and woman to think and feel the way he or she chooses to; something that was not commonly practiced or accepted in their old lives back in England. But, in effort to obtain this unique kind of freedom, Americans had to be willing to stand up and fight for that right. This was a war a on freedom and it couldn’t be won sitting down, they had to be active and play an active role in this vision so that it could become a reality. Paine was a firm believer that it was everyone’s responsibility to protect their freedom at all cost. It was nothing more or less than a basic right that everyone should possess. In efforts to get the people to come to a realization, Paine attempted to persuade the readers ( the colonist who read his pamphlet Common Sense) that a man is one who makes decisions not only for himself but, for future generations by choosing to fight for freedom from England. It was because of those first people who immigrated here to America in search of shelter from their oppressive and manipulating homeland, and because of that, America

     Paine went on to speak in more conventional terms about the specific nature of the conflict.  He had anticipated that readers would be startled by his conclusions, and defended against possible objections.  Uncertainty in the British Empire, some caused by disturbances in America, was bad for commerce.  England would continue to drag Americans into European wars that were not their affair, said Paine, and protect them only when beneficial to themselves.  Americans would not require their protection; they already had the means to defend their land.  Distance and poor communication across the Atlantic made the centers of government remote from the colonists. Common Sense stressed the need for and the power of unity among the American