In what ways was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense similar to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence?

a. Paine used many Latin phrases, which led Jefferson to do the same.

b. Both showed how a king can be a tyrant.

c. Both documents contradicted the ideas of John Locke.

d. Paine criticized using slaves from Africa, and that same criticism appeared in the Declaration of Independence.

e. Both Jefferson and Paine discussed how the United States could create a navy.

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I believe the answer is B. Common sense was basically a 50-page pamphlet of why you should support America becoming an independent country, and for that to work Thomas had to write the King as a tyrannical power. In the DOI it states that King George III's and his power is tyrannical. 

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