1. In what ways was Thomas Paine building on the colonist arguments from the previous decades, and in what ways was he arguing something new?
2. What kind of argument is Thomas Paine making concerning the British crisis in particular, and monarchy in general?
3. How was Paine’s rhetoric meant to reach and animate a broad population?
4. In what ways were Paine’s arguments coherent and persuasive, and where do they fall short?
