From Thomas Paine's perspective, Britain is:

At the time Paine stated common sense, most pioneers believed themselves to be oppressed Britons. Paine, on a fundamental level, changed the tenor of homesteaders' contention with the crown when he composed the accompanying: "Europe, and not England, is the parent nation of America."

Paine proceeded to serve in the U. S. Armed force and to work for the Committee of Foreign Affairs before coming back to Europe in 1787. Back in England, he kept composing handouts on revolution support.