Question

Along with independence from Britain, what did Thomas Paine propose for the colonies?

Answer 1

Thomas Paine was a politician, writer, philosopher, radical intellectual and American revolutionary of English origin. Promoter of liberalism and democracy. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

In addition to the idea of ​​US independence, he also advocated political democracy and also social democracy, focusing especially on the issue of land ownership. For this reason he has been included in the group of "agrarian socialists", together with Thomas Spence and William Ogilvie de Pittensear.

Answer 2

According the Paine's "Common Sense," he recommended that the United States adopt a representative democracy.