Common SenseThe persuasion towards independence represented through the booklet Common Sense is largely effective. The work portrays the unfair treatment received from the colonies of the mother country, England. Thomas Paine begins with the creation of government, as experienced by the colonist, and continues with the torts administered by Parliament and the King of England. Finally, Thomas Paine gives faith in the unity of the colonies and details a forced removal of English authority. The topic is explained extensively at the beginning of the booklet. Thomas Paine explains how the colonies began to govern themselves. The natural government solution for the people of the new world was representative government. It was explained that an appointed king did not necessarily have the values ​​of the people in mind. This laid the groundwork for the discussion to take place. The people of the colonies are portrayed as existing in harmony and dealing with their problems in ways that suited the majority. Paine explains how disruptive it is for a single man, a king, to rule and govern a colony hundreds of miles away. This is obvious and logical. “Always running three or four thousand miles with a story or a petition, waiting four or five months for an answer, which once obtained requires another five or six to explain it.” (90)To make the King's situation worse, hereditary succession exists in a monarchy. "To the evil of monarchy we have added that of hereditary succession; and as the former is a degradation and abasement of ourselves, so the latter, claimed as a question of right, is an insult and an imposition upon posterity." (76) This statement explains how the first King, or the chosen King, could... middle of paper... d difficult; but, like all other steps which we have already passed, they will soon become familiar and pleasant." Thomas Paine effectively supported his thesis in Common Sense. His reasoning was simple and for the most part to the point. I do not believe that peace was oversimplified or too objective. Paine makes his arguments in logical order as one point leads to another. Many petitions have been sent to the motherland with no success or progress to report. Paine is convinced that this torture will continue until the colonies unite and declare independence, and the thought of the outcome is intriguing.