Read the following excerpt from The History of England. Why do the authors feel such anger toward Thomas Paine?"By this measure of congress [the Declaration of Independence] the mask was at length thrown off, and many Americans now stepped forward to claim the honour of having been the originator of the grand idea. The glory is, however, generally attributed by Americans to Benjamin Franklin;—the man who, while in England, strove with all his might, and in the depth of guile, to make the Earl of Chatham, and all the great orators of opposition, believe that the wish was furthest from his thought;—that he earnestly desired to preserve the connexion of the colonies with his 'dear old mother country.' While at the same time, however, that American writers attribute the origin of the grand idea to Benjamin Franklin, they admit that it was the pen of an English writer that rendered the most effective service in this particular—a pen that was wielded by the infidel, Thomas Paine!"Works CitedFarr, E. and E.H. Nolan. The History of England. London, 1860. He wrote of his "dear old mother country" while working against it. He worked with "the orators of opposition" within England. He was an Englishman who immigrated to America and used his talents against England. He spoke of his loyalty to England, yet his actions showed the opposite desire.
Read the following excerpt from The History of England. Why do the authors feel such anger toward Thomas Paine?"By this measure of congress [the Declaration of Independence] the mask was at length thrown off, and many Americans now stepped forward to claim the honour of having been the originator of the grand idea. The glory is, however, generally attributed by Americans to Benjamin Franklin;—the man who, while in England, strove with all his might, and in the depth of guile, to make the Earl of Chatham, and all the great orators of opposition, believe that the wish was furthest from his thought;—that he earnestly desired to preserve the connexion of the colonies with his 'dear old mother country.' While at the same time, however, that American writers attribute the origin of the grand idea to Benjamin Franklin, they admit that it was the pen of an English writer that rendered the most effective service in this particular—a pen that was wielded by the infidel, Thomas Paine!"Works CitedFarr, E. and E.H. Nolan. The History of England. London, 1860. He wrote of his "dear old mother country" while working against it. He worked with "the orators of opposition" within England. He was an Englishman who immigrated to America and used his talents against England. He spoke of his loyalty to England, yet his actions showed the opposite desire.
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Read the following excerpt from The History of England. Why do the authors feel such anger toward Thomas Paine?
"By this measure of congress [the Declaration of Independence] the mask was at length thrown off, and many Americans now stepped forward to claim the honour of having been the originator of the grand idea. The glory is, however, generally attributed by Americans to Benjamin Franklin;—the man who, while in England, strove with all his might, and in the depth of guile, to make the Earl of Chatham, and all the great orators of opposition, believe that the wish was furthest from his thought;—that he earnestly desired to preserve the connexion of the colonies with his 'dear old mother country.' While at the same time, however, that American writers attribute the origin of the grand idea to Benjamin Franklin, they admit that it was the pen of an English writer that rendered the most effective service in this particular—a pen that was wielded by the infidel, Thomas Paine!"
Works Cited
Farr, E. and E.H. Nolan. The History of England. London, 1860.
"By this measure of congress [the Declaration of Independence] the mask was at length thrown off, and many Americans now stepped forward to claim the honour of having been the originator of the grand idea. The glory is, however, generally attributed by Americans to Benjamin Franklin;—the man who, while in England, strove with all his might, and in the depth of guile, to make the Earl of Chatham, and all the great orators of opposition, believe that the wish was furthest from his thought;—that he earnestly desired to preserve the connexion of the colonies with his 'dear old mother country.' While at the same time, however, that American writers attribute the origin of the grand idea to Benjamin Franklin, they admit that it was the pen of an English writer that rendered the most effective service in this particular—a pen that was wielded by the infidel, Thomas Paine!"
Works Cited
Farr, E. and E.H. Nolan. The History of England. London, 1860.
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He wrote of his "dear old mother country" while working against it.
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He worked with "the orators of opposition" within England.
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He was an Englishman who immigrated to America and used his talents against England.
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He spoke of his loyalty to England, yet his actions showed the opposite desire.
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