It calls the lovers of all mankind to their duties as human beings to stand up for their natural rights. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense brings awareness to the fact that the way of life for the American Colonists was not true and natural. That, I would argue, is the main reason for this pamphlet. The hardest thing for Paine was probably not just convincing people to believe that a monarchy was wrong and independence was a must, getting these people to raise arms. Paine had to be pretty stinkin’ bold to make an assumption of victory.
It was definitely reasonable for the Colonists to believe that this incredible feat of victory was in fact impossible. Knowing that England was very powerful at the time, people were probably afraid and thought that it would be impossible to overthrow the monarchy. Paine actually assumed an American victory. He ends it by talking about the capabilities of America and how the Colonists would be able to defeat Great Britain. Paine starts the second half of the pamphlet on the natural rights human beings have.
First and second talking about how a government should be set up, and why a monarchy is wrong and how the effects of hereditary succession are negative. Thomas Paine divides Common Sense into four sections.
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