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Common Sense - Coggle Diagram
Common Sense
Main Arguments
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Dependence from Britain
"America is only a secondary object in the system of British politics, England consults the good of this country no further than it answers her own purpose." (10)
Image/Symbol: A giant cake on a plate labeled "Britain." A small plate with a few "sad crumbs" labeled "America". Plates are connected by a very small thread. "...whose form of government hangs but by a thread..." (10)
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Provides a SOLUTION:
"Let the assemblies be annual, with a president only. The representation more equal, their business wholly domestic, and subject to the authority of a continental congress." (11)
The Enlightenment
Freedom
I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence
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Religion:
"Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the Authority of one over the other, was never the design of heaven."
"But where, say some, is the king of America? I'll tell you, friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Great Britain." (12)
"He that will promote discord, under a government so equally formed as this would have joined Lucifer in his revolt." (11)
Rhetoric
Logos
"Not one third of the inhabitants, even of this province, are of English descent."
Pathos
"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART." (6)
Ethos
"In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader..." (3)