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    Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King? Handout C: 1. How did Patriots’ actions increase tensions between the British and the colonies? 2. Why do Moderates reject the view of both Patriots and Loyalists? Handout D: 1. Who is Thomas Paine? What did he write? 2. Give a quote from Common Sense that you think “sums up” the Patriots’ view. 3. Who is Abigail Adams? 4. Who is Patrick Henry? Does any part of this speech by him sound familiar to you? If so‚ what part? (quote it exactly

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    When you look at a map‚ there are many turns and directions to get one destination. In the same way there were many different factors that lead to the road of the American Revolution. The road to revolution was started by a desire to separate from England. Democratic ideas from the Enlightenment‚ unfair taxes and laws‚ and revolutionary writings all contributed to the start of a the American Revolution. There are three Enlightenment thinkers that contributed ideas that encouraged the colonist to

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    copyrighted in 2003. This book is general consensuses of how Scoot Liell viewed Thomas Paine’s writing of Common Sense and the Turning point to Independence and how they effected the colony’s. He shows us the true meaning of Thomas Paines writings and how valuable they were even after nearly two and a half century’s. This novel is written in a third person person point of view we get a first row seat in the viewing of how Thomas Paines writing of the Common Sense. Liell goes into great detail to show us how

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    time‚ we learn things to either educate us about our past or to not let history repeat itself. One of the biggest thing that constantly changes is our country‚ the United States of America‚ Thomas Paine writes Rights of a Man (1791) arguing that America is a country where concord is least expected. Although Paine makes a compelling argument it’s hard to look at this country today as a land where “the rights of man” exist? Is it a land where the rich aren’t privileged? He characterizes America as this

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    England itself. In the American Revolution‚ no word was more frequently invoked that “liberty.” There were liberty trees‚ liberty poles‚ and even the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. Liberty then was more than an idea; it was a passion for many. Thomas Paine put it best in his everlasting book‚ Common Sense: “O! ye that love mankind…stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards

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    26‚ 2014 Analysis At the commencement of the letter Ben Franklin‚ lets us know he is replying to a letter‚ when he says‚ “I have read your manuscript with some attention.” Franklin gives us a tone that he is far against the manuscript Thomas pain wrote on the topic of a providential God. In the second phrase Franklin argues using logos‚ saying that going against the idea of providence in any religion deteriorates the religion itself. “Though you allow a general Providence‚ you strike

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    In the later years of the Enlightenment‚ absolute monarchs in several European countries adopted some of the ideas of Enlightenment political philosophers. However‚ although some changes and reforms were implemented‚ most of these rulers did not essentially alter absolutist rule. In Russia‚ Empress Catherine the Great‚ a subscriber to the ideas of Beccaria and de Gouges‚ denounced torture while greatly improving education‚ health care‚ and women’s rights‚ as well as clarifying the rights of the

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    Prior centuries leading up to the 18th were period of time where profit ranked higher percentages rather than sufficiency. In the 16th century profits were 5% where as the sufficiency was the remainder of 95%. As the centuries progressed by the profits began to take over. In the early centuries‚ the mind frame was that one had to survive before one could make a living. Little did the people of the time know if only they were able to survive to the 18th century where change reigned. The American colonists

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    in American history. 3. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is an argumentative essay. What argument is Paine making? How does he structure his argument? What do YOU think is his most persuasive point and why? NOTE: You MUST include the exact quote that you found the most persuasive. a. Thoughout all of his essay‚ Thomas Paine is arguing in favor for an American Independence. b. He structures his argument by proposing “more than simple facts‚ plain arguments‚ and common sense” (Paine‚ 1776/2013‚ p. 325). c

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    seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It brought changes on the scientific‚ economic‚ and religious field. However‚ the field that resulted mainly affected by the Enlightenment was the political realm. Many important European philosophers like Thomas Paine started to dispute monarchical power arguing that laying total authority over the hands of a king was “an imposition to posterity” (Document 41‚ page 187). Moreover‚ philosophers like Marquis de Condorcet emphasized the fact that everyone regardless

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