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AP U.S. History Exam 1.13. How were Thomas Paine's concerns reflected in the writing of the United States Constitution?
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all right in the question our thomas paine's concerns reflected
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in the writing of the united states constitution And here
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your candle answer condition creation Right Okay Well thomas paine's
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pamphlets Common sense was published right at the start of
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the american revolution So you better believe his ideas ended
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up constituting a big part of the constitution where thomas
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paine's concerns reflected in a the phrasing of the preamble
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Well remember the preamble we the people of the united
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states in order to form a more perfect union Yeah
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you gotta get Remember that song All right well this
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is great and all but a bit too General Did
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thomas paine's ideas find their way in with b the
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development of a presidency and vice presidency Well payne's major
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complaint was that the good people of this country are
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grievously oppressed by the combination of king and parliament So
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having a president and a vice president certainly was a
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step in the right direction but we're still not quite
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there How about see the addition of the first amendment
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Will pain would have been very concerned about the rights
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of the people granted in the first amendment but freedom
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of speech and religion don't exactly line up with his
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hatred of the absolute monarchy which means that paints concerns
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were most reflected in the constitution With d the creation
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of three branches of government pain feared that the combination
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of the executive and legislative branches our version of the
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king and parliament would hold too much power So the
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addition of a third judicial branch really helped to ease
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those concerns and that makes me the right answer Kane
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may still have been smarting from the abuses of a
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power hungry monarchy in parliament but it was the emotional 00:02:03.04 --> [endTime] The trail hurts most of all
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