Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" had influence from John Locke's idea that Protecting the people’s rights is the main duty of a government.
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" in an attempt to get the American colonists to go against the British government because:
- it made no sense that a tiny nation like Britain was ruling over the larger colonies
- that the Americans could simply keep taking abuse from the British
- that Americans should stop being loyal to the British if they wanted foreign help
Thomas Paine wrote that the British government was not protecting the rights of American colonists and was instead actively impeding them which according to John Locke, was the direct opposite of what a government should do.
In conclusion, John Locke believed that a government should only stay in power if they protected the rights of their people which led Thomas Paine to ask why Americans still supported the British when they went against this.
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