Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense that was published in January 1776. In this pamphlet, Thomas Paine explained why the colonists should become independent from Great Britain. This pamphlet was an important factor in gaining support for the fight against Great Britain that was about to occur.
Before this pamphlet was written, there were many people in the colonies who thought that the colonists shouldn’t break free from Great Britain. These people felt...
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense that was published in January 1776. In this pamphlet, Thomas Paine explained why the colonists should become independent from Great Britain. This pamphlet was an important factor in gaining support for the fight against Great Britain that was about to occur.
Before this pamphlet was written, there were many people in the colonies who thought that the colonists shouldn’t break free from Great Britain. These people felt it was unlikely the colonists would win. Some of them felt that Great Britain was justified in governing the colonies as they saw fit to do. Other people feared there might be chaos if the colonists were to win the war and then to begin governing themselves. This pamphlet changed the narrative.
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet in a way that was understandable to the colonists. After reading this pamphlet, more colonists became convinced that they should declare independence from Great Britain. They began to see that the British were really mistreating them. They began to believe that declaring independence was the proper course of action. Without this pamphlet, it is possible the colonists wouldn’t have had enough support from their own people to successfully launch and win the Revolutionary War.
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