Question

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

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Paine used concepts of equality, reason, and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchial government and British control of the colonies in that he supported his criticism in the fact that the king should not rule over the colonies just because of his previous lineage had been rulers of the land. He commented that there was "no blood right" to still governing the territories if North America.

We are talking about the pamphlet "Common Sense," in which Thomas Pain criticized the British government and invited the American colonists to support the Revolutionary War to get independence from England.

Answer 2

Paine use the concepts of equality, reason and nature to criticize the legitimacy of monarchical government and British control of the colonies by highlighting that the selection of king ( which back then were selected by birth) could not assure that he is going to be a good leader.

He also said that the colonist has been wronged too many times in their attempt for reconciliation with the british

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