... twenty-five year revolutionary period as a quest of the colonists to seek answers to their questions of rights and liberty. The author begins his analysis of the American Revolution from Lexington Green, the event that is marked by historians as the fountain-head of the revolution. According to the author ... : to be taxed with their consent by representation in their respective Parliament. Paine's idea of equality that spread through the colonists was based on philosophy. He believed man was by nature free, equal and independent. He had absolute possession of his body and since he labore...

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