Question

What idea about government Paine support

Answer 1

Thomas Paine believed in the idea of a government with representation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Paine was a man who failed at many things. He was not good at many of the jobs he did and ended up quitting all of them... until he met Benjamin Franklin who urged him to move to Philadelphia and became a magazine editor.

With his new job as a magazine editor, he also started to write his own works. He wrote "Common Sense" in hopes of showing the colonists that they did not need support from Great Britain and could thrive without them. He made it simple, in hopes of making anyone of any background read it. In the end, "Common Sense" sold many copies and helped persuade many colonists that they needed to break away from Great Britain.

Thomas Paine supported a government with representation. He did not believe in a monarchy government, or the type of system that Great Britain was putting on the colonists. He wanted representation for the colonists and felt as if Great Britain was holding them back.

Answer 2

Common Sense” 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.