Thomas Paine: The Tension Between Great Britain And America

Back in the 1790s the tension between Great Britain and America has been growing and someone need to do something about it. A man named Thomas Paine was the one who changed the way that America was going and made many colonies seek the path of full independence. He wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” which was the reason that cause many people get influenced which has thoughtful ideas about seeking independence and caused the colonies to decide to enter the battle with Britain. The pamphlet “Common Sense also influenced the decisions of many lawmakers to create the laws that America has and explained the people of America about the purpose of war and convinced going to war. Thomas Paine throughout his life became crucial to why he wrote “Common Sense” and it was a major …show more content…
The colonist were who made all the decision leading up with how it build America as the country that it is now but “Common Sense” was the influence to make the good decisions before what happened to the stamp act and the tea act. With many colonist protesting about these acts it made the event of the Boston Tea Party and later the Boston Massacre happened which was one of the many reason why Great Britain and America begin to create tension. The effect of this tension made colonist after the events went with many debates which made it clear that it was the right time for independence but questioned if they were actually going to do it. This is why Thomas Paine and his pamphlet “Common Sense” became a major role into changing the way that America was leading up to. Thomas Paine was a friend of Benjamin Franklin who founded a job for Paine in Philadelphia where he wrote “Common Sense”. In his pamphlet he wrote about his convincing arguments for independence for the colonist which has shown the change on how the colonist made their decisions throughout the time that which has