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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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by the separation of powers The greatest punishment for any

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young wizard You just ask harry Alright give the sex

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or the look is a long violent environment king giving

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one hundred eighteen running their grieving like common sense Almost

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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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