Declaration of Independence Questions
Common Sense & The Declaration of Independence Common Sense What is meant by ?the seed time of continental union?? Why is this significant? Paine states that ?a new method of thinking has arisen.? Why? What is the result of this new thinking? What is Paine?s stated purpose in writing ?Common Sense?? Summarize five of the arguments made by Paine to support his case? Given what you know about this time period, how valid are each of these arguments????????? In what ways does Paine combine emotionalism and Enlightenment thought to make his argument? The Declaration of Independence What is the purpose of the DOI as stated in the introductory paragraph? Why does Jefferson couch this document in such broad, global terms??