Common Sense
Common Sense
was an instant best-seller. Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia,
nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine's brilliant
arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1)
independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic.
Paine avoided flowery prose. He wrote in the language of the people,
often quoting the Bible in his arguments. Most people in America had a
working knowledge of the Bible, so his arguments rang true. Paine was
not religious, but he knew his readers were. King George was "the
Pharaoh of England" and "the Royal Brute of Great Britain." He touched a
nerve in the American countryside.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "</span><span>by breaking up different unionized labor strikes and vetoing the Taft-Hartley Act," since he felt that these were having a negative impact on competition in the US economy. </span>
Duing the time of the Roman emperors, the term bread and circuses referred to C. free bread and entertainment for the poor. Many leaders at the time understood that in order to prevent the poor from rising up and attacking the elite lifestyle of the ruling class, they must be kept fed and entertained, which is why there are so many coliseums.
