... in an exciting and vigorous language making "sense- of it all. He unfettered Americans from the very idea of monarchy and led them to endeavor rights equal to the Englishmen: 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 labored it on his land, it became his property. Safeguard ... nationhood. Once independence had been achieved from the British Crown and th...

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