thout any form of an overbearing government oppressing them. This statement proves to be efficient as it sends an optimistic tone to the colonists that is concise, yet informative in its message.
             Thomas Paine discusses in great detail the flaws of the government that has been ruling the colonists since the first permanent settlement in 1607. In his first true criticism, he uses rage and certainty to condemn a respectable attribute of the British government. Through his abrupt ending, "A mere absurdity" (Paine p. 6), he successfully downsizes the British form of checks and balances in which the House of Commons has the ability to withhold supplies from the King, when at the same time, the King has the power to reject the bills proposed by the House of Commons. Claiming that this system complicates either's ability to d
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