"We have boasted the protection of Great Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest not attachment; and that she
did not protect us from our enemies on our account; but from her enemies on her own account, from those who had no quarrel with us on any other account and who will always be our enemies on the same account." – Thomas Paine, Common Sense How did this excerpt motivate colonists to support replacing the government of Great Britain?
<span>Progressive Era reformers at the turn of the century successfully compelled local governments to introduce 'civil service systems' to replace political machine.</span>
