Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Assignment 6: Common Sense

What i learned in the revolutionary era that the people didnt' have a mind of their own. They lived by a king in things they could do with their living lifes. They didn't have the thught of doing things on their own. It wasn't until Thomas Paine wrote the Common Sense. This was A document to tell people they don't need a leader for everything. Like when you are to eat in your home and such things like that. This pamplet was written after the war and people thought their lives were nothing and they didn't know where to start. Then this pamplet was made to tell people common sense what you could do you don't need anyone's help trying to figure it out. What supprise me the most about what i read was how people didn't know how to handle their self. But i guess it was because they have never been taught.

1 comment:

carrie said...

Good point that the colonists depended on Britain a good deal, but I do think that many colonists were beginning to think more for themselves and Paine's pamphlet just reinforced what they were thinking. Note that Common Sense was written before the war.

Some small errors (always CAPITALIZE I!!!), but I like your interpretation. 26/30 points.