Question

thomas paine, \common sense\ and american values
\common sense\

• \common sense\ was a pamphlet written by thomas paine in 1776
• this pamphlet used enlightenment ideas, including individual rights and limiting monarchial power, to describe what the american revolution was about
• paines work explained why the colonists were fighting and helped unify them
• in three months, over 125,000 copies of \common sense\ had been distributed in the colonies

choose the correct answer
after thomas paine wrote \common sense\ and \the rights of man\, many european monarchs saw him as a
options: troublemaker, ruler, savior

Explanation:

Thomas Paine's works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man" promoted ideas that challenged monarchical authority (e.g., individual rights, limiting monarchial power). European monarchs, who held absolute or strong power, would view someone promoting such ideas as a troublemaker (since it threatened their rule), not a ruler (he had no royal rule) or savior (his ideas opposed monarchical interests).

Answer:

A. troublemaker