Question

In his 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, Thomas Paine stated that the colonies’ thriving economy was largely due to favorable British policies up to 1763.
True

False

Answer 1

The correct answer is False.

Explanation

Thomas Paine (17371-1809) was an English writer and politician who stood out for his democratic and revolutionary ideas in the context of the British colony in North America. Paine expresses much of his thoughts in his best-known work "common sense", an essay published in January 1776.

This publication represented direct support for the American independentists because it exposed to the society of the time the reasons why the thirteen colonies should become independent from the British crown. One of the fundamental points was the language that he used to write his essay, unlike many intellectuals of the time, Thomas used simple language to be understood massively and thus support the independence cause. In addition, one of the most important aspects was the structure of the text as a biblical sermon to cause the reader to remember and convince.

Regarding the content of the essay, Paine argued that the relationship between the colonies and the British Kingdom was one of exploitation and absolute dominance of the kingdom over the colonies. So it was not convenient for the colonists to continue under British rule since this would not mean any reward because none of their policies were favorable to the colonies, on the contrary, they wanted to exploit them more and more.

According to the above, the correct answer is False.