Answer:
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, primarily advocated the Enlightenment political idea that government must protect the 'lives, liberty and property' of the people.
Explanation:
Thomas Paine's Common Sense reflects upon and goes along with John Locke's theory of the purpose of government (Two Treatises on Government, 1694). This philosopher and Enlightenment thinker believed that government existed as a trust to carry out the will of the people and to protect their lives, liberty and properties. Whenever it failed to do so, the people had a right to organize a new government (even by revolution if it were necessary).
Thomas Paine draws on these political ideas to write his phamplet and encourage the American colonists' to fight for their rights.
