Based on the excerpt, paine recommends that americans refuse to pay taxes to the british government. conduct business without regulations. write a constitution while the chance exists. leave american independence to chance.

Thomas Paine recommends that Americans should write the constitution while chance exists. In his career he worked as an author, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Presidents of the United States. He played an important role in the American Revolution of 1776. He structured his political thinking by writing the rising wave of revolution in America.

His two most influential writings were;

1.Common sense

2.The American Crisis  

living during the great depression had a major affect on the mentality many people. a good portion of people who lived during that time do not trust banks. this is likely the result of the many widespread bank failures in the 30s that caused people to lose their life savings.