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title: "What was Thomas Paine's reason for suggesting in Common Sense that Britain could not rule the American colonies well??"  
description: "What was Thomas Paine's reason for suggesting in Common Sense that Britain could not rule the American colonies well??"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41355/what-was-thomas-paine-s-reason-for-suggesting-in-common-sense-that-britain-could-not-rule-the-american-colonies-well  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was Thomas Paine's reason for suggesting in Common Sense that Britain could not rule the American colonies well??

What was [Thomas Paine](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34802/what-was-the-title-of-thomas-paine-s-popular-political-pamphlet-written-in-1776-outlining-his-arguments-in-favor-of-american-independence)'s reason for suggesting in [Common Sense](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42834/how-did-common-sense-help-the-patriots) that Britain could not [rule](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1931/what-is-the-difference-between-a-check-constraint-and-a-rule) the [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) colonies well??


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