Paine Americans represent the cause of freedom and therefore should be free. England was the mother country to America and it was abusing it and being a bad mother but that is the whole reason that pilgrims left England. Therefore America should seperate themselves from England's rule. He is not personally attacking the king of England, just his role, for this problem is bigger then just one person. He uses this universal problem to unite Americans and to persuade them that this is 'common sense.'
Paine represents Enlightenment ideals by stating that it is the Americans natural right to freedom and self government. Kant also represents these ideals by stating other bondages that people should free themselves from like religion and government. These ideals stress that it is ones own responsibilty to become free.
Why would Americans need to be convinced to seperate themselves from England when they left to get rid of the abuse and it still had not gone away?
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