... The pamphlet was directed toward every colonist, including those still loyal to the Crown. One opinion of the publication is "Paine's Common Sense was unremittingly secular in tone, making its points through a primer on eighteenth-century republican thought, using Biblical quotes merely as window-dressing. But colonists, far from secular in their leanings, interpreted the pamphlet through evangelical and democratic lenses, ... believing neither the work was completely secular in tone, nor did Paine use Biblical quotes as window-dressing. However, I do believe that the colonists interpre...

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Common Sense Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was one of the most influential political pamphlets during the American Revolution. This pamphlet served as reinforcement for the American colonies will for independence from England. Within the confines of fifty pages Paine tried to illustrate to the America people the evils of the monarchy and the contradictions of the English government, and show that the king is not the legitimate ... the remains of aristocratically tyranny (6). According to Pain the fact that these two position are hereditary this already takes away power from the people and isn...

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