Thomas Paine - Common Sense No. 1

What did Common Sense convince the colonists to demand from the "Mother Country" (Britain)?

• Money

• Seperation

• Love

• Peace

Who was Thomas Paine writing to in Common Sense?

• The colonists

• The King

• His wife

• The Senate

What documents did Common Sense inspire?

• The Legend of the Navajo Indians and the Creation Myth

• The Bible and the Koran

• Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

• The Manual of Life and the Manual of Death

Three of Paine's most influential ideas were those of ____, ____, and ____.

• liberty, rights, and republican democracy.

• peace, stature, and love

• authority, stature, and rights

• religion, rights, and peace

What made the colonists angry?

• Poor salaries

• Treason

• War

• British taxes

What did Paine persuade the colonists that the country needed?

• liberty and equality

• peace and equality

• rights and peace

• war and justice

Paine made the idea of a _______________ acceptable.

• king's authority

• republic

• salary

• law

Thomas Paine wondered why the British King had the right to rule based on his _________________.

• Birth

• Salary

• Seniority

• Peaceful nature

What type of people did Common Sense appeal to?

• Rude people

• Political people

• Wealthy people

• Common people

Common sense was a hit (popular) among the people. True or False.

• True

• False