Thomas Paine Declaration Of Independence Analysis

It is common for society to think the igniter of American Independence was Thomas Paine, who was the anonymous writer who imposed the colonist dependence on the King. Common Sense enlightened the population, encouraged them towards independence, and altered the opinions of Americans. This influenced Americans to oppose their original views of the King. Political leaders where inspired to take action. Paine’s confidence in equality and liberty persuaded the Declaration of Independence. Continuously quoting the Bible, Paine makes very strong argument he wrote in the language of the people to undoubtedly get his views across. Colonies declaring independence when they are physically larger than Britain, and are being abused as the King 's subjects …show more content…
Even with years passing led to the Declaration of Independence. Francis Hopkinson signed the Declaration of Independence and is famous for his views towards the cause of America becoming independent. Paine argues how one speculative position that could persuade the people loyal to the King. “That the King is not to be trusted.” This shows that there is a fault in the way that the British government is arranged. Paine opposed the divided form of government and finds that a simpler government is a better government. This is because then people would know who is responsible for making decisions. Paine says the British system “hath all the distinctions of an house divided against itself.” Loyalist yet to see the faults in the British government. Paine feels that people are loyal to Britain because of hometown pride, but also sees no point in remaining loyal because all of Britain’s decisions are in the well-being of Britain, not America. Also, Britain is only protecting North America simply for the supplies/materials that it offers. Paine refers to this protection as a similar protection that a “shepherd gives to his …show more content…
Theories like natural rights of man and consent of the governed is presented in this writing. God gives natural rights of man and that cannot be taken. If a person were to lose these rights they’d be less of a human. Jefferson proposed “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.” At the time, Jefferson states that the colonies were not receiving these rights. He even listed violations of the British government. Happiness is when a person realizes the capacities of what they can do. This connects to Paine’s argument of “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being