“. . . Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads

for separation. The blood of the slain, the

weeping voice of nature cries, ’TIS TIME TO

PART. . . .”

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense

In this quotation, Thomas Paine is trying to

convince the colonists to

(1) accept the Proclamation of 1763

(2) break a treaty with Spain

(3) declare their independence from England

(4) dissolve their alliance with France