Paine vs Chalmers

Republic ~ a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

At the beginning of the time period, 1850, Britain was not democratic. There was not a lot of choice concerning the political parties, there were only two parties: The Liberals and the Conservatives. Woman did not have any right to vote and were considered second class citizens. In England and Wales only one million and five men could vote and some men could vote twice. The distribution of seats did not take into account the migration of Britain. The House of Lords (HOL) were aristocracy that were their because of their ancestry. MP’s were unpaid and had to own property so the poorer classes could not be MP’s and therefore opinions not heard. A democracy is one which has universal suffrage, equal

Paine blatantly states in the pamphlet of Common Sense that monarchy is disapproved by nature, that oppression encompasses the entire space of the old world. He further showed that being in the membership of the British empire was creating burdens and conflicts with other countries, and with gaining independence, America could escape the endless regal wars of

What arguments did Paine give for Independence? How were his observations about monarchy connected to his reasons for independence? Why did he propose that the law should be “King of America”?

He continues with this thinking by writing, "Thus necessity, like a gravitating power, would soon form out newly arrived emigrants into society [… ] and render the obligations of law and government unnecessary" ( Paine, Par.4). The quote explains how we unconsciously group together based on common interest and once that happens there is no real reason to have a type of government because at this time we are all working and coming together to achieve one goal. This supports Paine's purpose of having America completely break away from Britain by showing the people and congress that there is no reason to be governed by someone across the sea when they through trying to make America successful have already formed a society that has a common goal.

Thomas Paine claims in Common Sense that the people living in America do not need to tolerate the oppression from their British overlords. His main purpose for writing this pamphlet was to expose the injustice of the British towards the Americans and to persuade those who still believed that the British were either needed or were beneficial for the Americans in 1776. Paine values the idea that the Americans need to revolt against their evil ,oppressive, monarchical rulers in Britain and to establish pure democracy in the Thirteen Colonies. Paine writes from the perspective of an equal to his fellow American man, thus making him relatable from common folk to the wealthy merchants and upper classes. Paine shows the British tyranny over America as horrific and he wishes to expose British faults and impurities to inspire the colonists

Some people thought that the dispute between America and Britain should be resolved, Paine wanted to show the people that even if the two came to a satisfactory agreement, that it would not last. The history

Thomas Paine believed that the US needed independence mainly for three reasons. First of all, the US had larger land than Britain. Britain wanted the resources from the US to build the mainland of Britain. Also the Britain government was fighting with the colony people. Thomas Paine thought that it was unfair if the British fight with them and take resources from them at the same time. If they got chance to be fully independent, they can trade their resources with other countries in the world and became powerful. Secondly, he thought if they did not break with Britain, they would not able to get help from other countries in Europe because other countries did not want Britain to be the most powerful country in Europe. If they broke with Britain, other country will help them to fight against Britain. Third reason was they just want to be an independent country. They did not want to be ruled by other people anymore.

Colonists were practicing a democratic features in colonial america time because Great Britain is hundreds of miles away. Democracy in colonial America was in a work in progress with democratic and undemocratic features.

Democracy comes from the Greek words “demos” meaning “people” and “kratia” meaning “power or rule”. Essentially “democracy” means “rule of the people”. Cleisthenes took Solon’s reforms even further and reorganised the Boule (legislative council) to ensure that it was represented by all sections of society and not just the aristocracy. The popular assembly consisted of all free male citizens who voted on laws proposed by the Boule. Eventually, citizens would be paid to attend the assembly and to serve in public office. This would ensure that the poorer citizens would also be able to

Thomas Paine had many arguments for American independence but there are a few of them that are really the main focus of his thoughts for independence. The first argument that he made that was focused on independence was the relationship between the colonist and Britain. The fact that that Britain had laws to govern a colony on the other side of the world was implausible. That the island of Britain was going to give laws that the colonist of the Americas had to abided by even though the one who made the law was 3000 miles away. Another argument that he had was that George III was a tyrannical leader. There was no way that he was going to keep peace, and to rule over a colony, and expect the colony to follow all the

Republic- a system of government where elected representatives and an elected leader run the nation

Democracy, as most people think of it today, did not exist during the first few decades of U.S. history.

The Republic was a republican form of government that lasted over five hundred years. It was governed by a constitution based on a system of separation of powers as well as checks and balances. The

The term “democracy” had multiple definitions, including a government that was directly governed by the people. This term was used more often during the American Revolution to inspire the struggle for independence.