Thomas Paine's speech, Common Sense, outlined several substantial obstacles that Great Britain instilled in their government, thus giving America a reason for independence. All governments, in Paine's judgment, were an obstacle to society. Nations with absolute monarchies or hereditary successions suffered because they were unnatural and paradoxical. Furthermore, the dependence on these empires has caused serious infractions to any civilization. However, a country without administration faced the same difficulties. Thomas Paine also postulated a continental government in America's freedom, as it was a natural republic. The considerable tribulations described by Paine were both the dependence of the American colonies on Great Britain and the English Constitution, the Magna Carta, and the growing dissatisfaction in Great Britain which gave the inhabitants of the American continent a reason for independence. (P-96) England's much vaunted Magna Carta, by its very nature, was too complex. Paine said such an intricate structure would only make an entire nation suffer without the country being able to find fault with itself. The English hailed their parliamentary system as the most wonderful, but Paine declared it to be nothing more than the remnants of a tyranny. According to Paine's analysis, the government of Great Britain was worsened by the monarchic king and the aristocratic peers designated by heredity. The bequeathed succession only opened the door to foolish, wicked, and improper authority. The English enunciated the House of Commons, in the English Constitution, creating a unity between the ordered dominant society and the general population. In contrast, Thomas Paine argued that the usual validation of each component of the British foundation in the middle of the article is inadequate. America was harmed by the fact that the colonies did not enact laws on their own; only legislation resulting from the king's decree was administered. Furthermore, Britain was only a temporary guardian of the colonies and this brought America a bewildering and bleak future. Paine's thesis was that nothing could keep the American colonies safe from the unnatural government of England except a declaration of independence; and a continental form of government was the only way that kept the peace. Hence, as common sense has taught, America was formed on more natural principles than those of England; the colonies escaped two abhorrent situations, a monarchical regime and dependence on the deviant system. (P-94, 95) Works Cited Paine, Thomas, and Thomas P. Slaughter. "Common sense." In common sense and related writings. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2001, pp.74-119.