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How did Thomas Paine Use Rhetoric to Enhance His Argument?
In "Common Sense" Paine uses rhetoric by bringing light the ideas created by the people that were already beginning to rise to the surface. An example of this is how he talks about how no one has the right to make their family higher ranked than an...More
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Connection From Common Sense to Present Day
A connection from the sentiments expressed in Common Sense to government is the general idea of turning the anger of the people from small problems to a much larger idea. We can see this in large revolutions lead by groups of people who want to targ...More
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Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770 an armed confrontation between bostonians that were throwing snowballs at English troops, leaving 5 dead. I feel that this concerned the colonists because it was one of the first times blood was shed between the english and the colo...More
