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Analysis of Article
This is a solid piece of working literature. It lacks references and footnotes but contains valuable information. The following are just a few areas where there needs to be more content added, more references, and more footnotes.
 * 1) Publication history needs more references
 * 2) Paine's Arguments against British Rule need to be expanded and lack references
 * 3) Impact section could be expanded with more resources cited

Reading List
The following list contains the resources used for research:
 * U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (n.d.). Lesson Plan: Intermediate Level Establishing Independence.
 * American Government. (n.d.). The Colonial Experience.
 * Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center. (n.d.) Why were the American colonies unhappy with the British government?
 * Quora (July 24, 2014). Did Britain Treat All Its Colonies Equally?
 * Constitution Society (October 27, 2015). Thomas Paine / Common Sense
 * Declaring America (n.d.). Thomas Paine, Common Sense: Chapter 4

IV. On the Present Ability of America, with some Miscellaneous Reflections
The fourth section of the pamphlet includes Paine's optimistic view of America's military potential at the time of the revolution. For example, he spends pages describing how colonial shipyards, by using the large amounts of lumber available in the country, could quickly create a navy that could rival the Royal Navy.

IV. On the Present Ability of America, with some Miscellaneous Reflections
The fourth section of the pamphlet includes Paine's view of the possible accomplishments of the future America if they withdraw from Britain government. For example, he spends pages describing all the many possibilities of future life if the people of this time chose to disregard the Britain rule. Paine defends his argument with the following quote, "It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world." He is reassuring the American people that America has the potential to overtake Britain and begin their new life and celebrate freedom. In addition, Paine also introduces the idea of how strong the American military will become. He reinforces the idea of breaking away from Britain by describing how colonial shipyards, by using the large amounts of lumber available in the country, could quickly create a Navy that could rival the Royal Navy. Basically, Paine is trying to reassure the American people that splitting from Great Britain is the best option for them and that they are strong enough to accomplish this goal.

Original Contribution
Paragraph should go under the section: Paine's Arguments Against British Rule

One crucial factor that played into the creation of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense is the idea of Britain being the "mother country" of America, that made her actions all the more horrendous, for no mother would harm her children so brutally. When people left Britain, they were looking for a new life and a sense of freedom. However, that is the complete opposite of what truly happened; American people were treated poorly from their mother country. This led into the development of Common Sense. One example of mistreatment of the mother country was unfair taxation to a country where Americans had no representation in the British government. In addition, American citizens did not understand why they were having to pay these taxes and felt as if they had no self-government. The colonies had a charter, or written agreement, with their mother country. This meant that colonists were under direct rule of the British King even halfway across the world. Also, the British parliament issued the Quartering Acts, which insisted the colonists to either provide or pay for lodging for British soldiers. However, this continued even after the French and Indian War was over; the colonists were strongly upset with the thought of having to provide for the British soldiers. This fury eventually led to boycotting British goods, including the famous Boston Tea Party in 1773.