Compare And Contrast Jefferson And Paine

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Compare the backgrounds of Jefferson and Paine; did Paine have an advantage or disadvantage by not being born in the colonies? Explain.

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine
Born in Virginia April 1943 Born in England June 29,1737
He was a well-educated man; he attended college, practiced law and served as local governor and magistrate He left school age of 12 but learned to read, write and arithmetic. He did not succeed in several jobs.
He inherent slaves and had almost 200. He was anti-slave, he thought of it as inhumane
He was married and had six children. He married both wife and child died during childbirth.
Was draft to write the Declaration of Independence. He wrote Common Sense
He became the Third President of the United States He made other publication and worked in …show more content…
The audience for Common Sense was directed to the public of the colonies to make conscience of how necessary was the independence from British. The Declaration of Independence was direct to all, the opinions of mankind.
Why does Jefferson not discuss slavery in the Declaration?
Although one clause did mention the inhumanity of slave trading, it was later removed from the declaration at the request of South Carolina and Georgia. My interpretation of this was because slaves were not considered people, they did not matter; Slavery was a business.
What do Paine and Jefferson say about the monarchy in their respective documents?
In his document Thomas Paine explains how the King thinks he is above the rest and were a new species; comparing their thirst for power as a natural disease. I consider Paine’s approach blunder because it was his way of expressing it for the audience it was directed too. Thomas Jefferson had a different approach a more subtle one, although he does mention the monarchy as destructive government, and absolute despotism, he also explains each cause for declaring Independence from the
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