Question

What arguments did Paine give for independence?

Answer 1

"- It was ridiculous for a island to rule a continent.
- America was not a " British Nation ", it was made up of influences and peoples from all of Europe.
- Being a part of Britain would drag America into unnecessary European wars, and keep it from the international commerce at which America excelled.
- The distance between the two nations made governing the colonies from England unwieldy, if some wrong was to be petitioned to Parliament, it would take a year before the colonies received a response.
- Britain ruled the colonies for her own benefit, and did not consider the best interests of the colonists in governing them.
- Even if Britain was the " mother country " of America, that made her actions all the more horrendous, for no mother would harm her children so brutally." ... All of this information can be found in his pamphlet called "Common Sense"