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_ENGL232 91NT "in the following pages l offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense: and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings to determine for themselves; that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off the true character of a man and generously enlarge.his views beyond the present day Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England and America. Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs; but all have been ineffectual and the period of debate is closed. Arms, as the last resource. decide the contest, the appeal was the choice of the king, and the continent hath accepted the challenge: wered tlame the author and tile What does he arque forin this text What is the historical context of this piece and what if context of this piece, and what if anything, was risked by the author in publishing it? Font family Font size Paragr 648 PMExplanation / Answer
The author of the passage is Thomas Paine and it is derived from his pamphlet, ‘Common Sense’. The pamphlet advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. It comprises of moral and political arguments that aim to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. Thomas Paine first published Common Sense anonymously in 1776 because he would have risked imprisonment for speaking out against British rule in America.
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