Opinion Swings Toward Independence

   In January 1776 a short but powerful book swung popular opinion in favor of Independence it was called ´´The Common Sense´´ written by a man called Thomas Paine, an artesian, immigrant and tax collector.
   In forceful and direct language Paine propose a radical course for colonist. The first thing he proposes was the independence for Britain. The second thing was the union of the new states and the third thing was to have a republican state government.
  
    Paine denounced the king and the aristocrats as frogs and parasites. He also wanted common people to be elected. He saw the king as the enemy of the American liberties. He hated for smothering the hopes of people that didn´t have money. He said that in a republic would provide opportunities. If they were independent they would have liberty to have a good economy and they also could trade with anyone.
        By uniting to create a republic, Americans would create a model for making people to reject the king and the monarchs. This people are learning with Paine´s book. He said the cause of America is the cause of human kind to be free. In 1776 this view was powerful when the revolution was a desperate gamble.