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Why was Thomas Paine common sense considered radical

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Most people in the colonies at the time considered they wouldn’t go to war, if they did and won, they’d become a vassal state.
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Answer: Because it played a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England.

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Hi, "Common Sense" written by Thomas Paine, is credited as playing a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England. In it, Paine argues that representational government is superior to a monarchy or other forms of government based on aristocracy and heredity.

Paine proposed ideas to the colonists, three ideas for a change.

1) Declare Independence

2) Create a Republican state government

3) Union of the new states

.Its simplicity but accuracy helped the colonist understand it more easily.

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