CRQ QUESTION: What were some of the main arguments that the pamphlet Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine made? How did it impact the Continental Congress in declaring independence?

What does Thomas Paine argue in common sense?

Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine's brilliant arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic. Paine avoided flowery prose.

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an outline of all three paragraphsan identification of the historical era that you are writing aboutan explanation of the term mass productiona description of two ways new technology affected industrya conclusion that shows how new technologies allowed industrialization to grow