One of the basic rights in the Magna Carta which was central to america's democracy is no taxation without representation. This right led to <span>the resentment of American colonists at being </span>taxed<span> by a British Parliament to which they elected </span>no<span> representatives and sparked the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence.</span>
The pamphlet common sense was significant because when everyone else thought that negotiation between them and Britain was possible Paine did not he highlighted his arguments in simple language so all could understand and relate. He believed the crown was corrupted and hypocrites. He truly felt America had the means and their own rights to form their own government
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