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             their separation reinforces the colonist's aspiration for their own
             independent country in the strongest way possible.
             In "Common Sense", Thomas Paine, like Thomas Jefferson, used several
             arguments to convince his readers of the need to rebel against English
             rule. Paine used his work as a medium to present not only facts, but
             shared points of view between colonists. Paine explains why British rule
             is wrong for the future of the United States when he wrote the following
             line, "But the injuries and disadvantages we sustain by that connection,
             are without number; and our duty to mankind at large, as well as to
             ourselves, instruct us to renounce the alliance: Because, any submission
             to, or dependence on Great Britain, tends directly to involve this
             continent in European wars and quarrels; and sets us at variance with
             nations, who would otherwise seek our friendship, and against whom, we have
             neither anger nor complaint." (Paine, Paragraph 69) Through his own style
             of reasoning, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" became crucial in turning
             American opinion against Britain, and was key in the colonist's decision to
             engage in a battle for complete independence where the American people
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