Liberty Tree by Manzanero Silva

Liberty Tree by Thomas Paine

     Task 2: Read the Declaration of Independence. How does this poem reflect the political ideas of the time? Write a response of 150 to 180 in which you analyze the poem within its historical context.

    

   The poem expresses the ideas of a political system based on the absolutism. with kings and queens People working only for the king. And receiving a bare salary. They were poor, with a lot of members in their family, so they had to work more than eighteen hours. Many children had no education, and they were taught just to work for the king, as their parents.

   They all were as tamed as a dog but they knew they deserved another kind of treat, that's why this entire people needed someone to start moving against the king. And that people were the thinkers.

   Thinkers were in a higher social and political status than the ordinary people, so we could say they had a voice in society. I think many thinkers reunite an start proposing many ideas were they could gain power and help the workers and their poor families. And because of that same lack of education, people would follow the thinkers.