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How did Paine and Jefferson use the concepts of equality, reason and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchical government and British control of the colonies?

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They both believed the selection of kings to be unnatural because people are born as kings and nothing assures that they'll be good leaders. They argued that nature disapproves otherwise there wouldn't be "an as for a lion".

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