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Thomas Paine

Common Sense

Thomas PaineNonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1776

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Essay Topics

1.

What are the three main ways that a person becomes a king? Are any of these methods morally legitimate? If so, which, and why? 

2.

Name the three main parts of British government in 1775, and explain which was the controlling part and why it had so much power. 

3.

Paine believed 1775 was the best time for America to overthrow British control and establish a free nation. Give three examples of colonial readiness for a revolution, and show how each was at its peak of strength. 

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