Common Sense: Key
1. I’m just going to tell it like it is.
2. War is our only option.
3. There’s never been a cause greater than this.
4. What we start now will keep growing!
5. People last year all wanted to stay on England’s side, but that failed. Last year’s thoughts are no good to us now!
6. Reconciliation is a good idea, but we should still look honestly at some of the negatives of being connected to England.
7. Some say we can’t make it without England, but that’s false. Our past cannot set precedent for our future.
8. America would have done just as well without depending on Europe.
9. They have protected us, but for the sake of trade.
10. We’ve claimed England wanted to protect us, but it was for her sake (not ours).
11. WE should be independent AND at peace with Spain and France.
12. People say the only relationship the colonies have is through England, but actually, it’s our mutual ENEMIES that are through England!
13. If Britain were a good parent, it wouldn’t “devour her young”.
14. People fled from the tyranny of Europe for safety, and are still being chased by that same tyranny.
15. Unlike England, we claim friendship with all European Christians.
16. “England” is too broad. We come from Europe.
17. We don’t have to continue claiming our English descent. (If we did, we’d all be French!)
18. People talk about how the colonists fighting with England would be very strong, but we wouldn’t actually want to go fight for England.
19. We don’t want war anyway. We’ll just solve problems economically.
20. Just try to come up with one good reason to stick with England!