The Puritans and our Founding Fathers all knew that a government was necessary for survival. They both had a binding constitution ( the Mayflower Compact and the United States Constitution). Both groups believed they would be an example to the world of a great society and hoped to spread their ideals.
Revolutionary thinkers and Puritan founders had representation in common. Both groups wanted a say in their government and a right to live with their fundamental freedoms. The Revolutionaries left behind religion within the government. Puritans believed religious leaders should run government to maintain the groups morality. The Revolutionaries believed religion should be separate from government.
The major point that Thomas Pain was trying to make using the evidence in the passage was that The Continental Army had a realistic chance of winning against the British.
