Question

What Enlightenment ideas did Thomas Paine use to justify breaking from Britain in his 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense”?(1 point)

1. natural rights

2. freedom from oppression

3. equality

4. questioning authority

Answer 1

All of the above. Paine appealed to Enlightenment ideas of natural rights, freedom from oppression, equality, and the need to question traditional authority to justify independence.