Political+Pamphlet

=Political Pamphlet=



==The literary movement known as Political Pamphlet was the most popular form in political literature in Revolutionary America sharing political ideas was through pamphlets. The main purpose of these pamphlets was to arouse thought among the people and raise awareness to what was ocurring in the government during that time. Those pamphlets were meant to in a way question authority and give someone's or some group's opinion on a certain subject. During the revolution over 2,000 pamphlets were published and were great reading material to patriots and good burning material for loyalists.==

==During the Revolution and any time around it, the literature that was written was a form of expression of what someone was thinking. Either it be about wars or rebellions or acts, those pamphlets were a way of communication and unity of opinions among people. They were a way to discuss feelings towards government and/or their policies in a peaceful manner and a form of educating public reaction to what was going in their country.== =Probably the most apparent example of Political Pamphlet literature is Thomas Paine's //Common Sense// which challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.=



__Arguments against British rule in //Common Sense://__
===It is ridiculous and against [|natural law] for an [|island] to rule a [|continent].===

==The distance between the two nations makes the lag in communication time about a year for something to go round trip. If there was something wrong in the government, it would take a year before the colonies would hear back.==

=FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THOMAS PAINE'S //COMMON SENSE//, CLICK THE [|LINK]:=

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