Welcome to my blog about Hamilton the musical! Enjoy!
I was listening to the song called "The Schuyler Sisters" and I heard a line in it that was said by Angelica. the line is "I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine so men say that I'm intense or I'm insane you want a revolution? I want a revelation so listen to my declaration:" after that, Eliza, Angelica, and Peggy all say "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." and then following that lyric, Angelica responds with "And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'm 'a compel him to include women in the sequel!" When I heard the first parts of the lyrics, I was curious about Thomas Paine and who he was and what the book Common Sense was about. When I went online, I found out that the book Common Sense was a voice for the American people. The book also advocated for American independence from Great Britain. But when Angelica was referring to the line that all men are created equal, she was referring to the sentence in the Declaration of Independence which was written by Thomas Jefferson. Because Thomas Jefferson was the one who wrote the Declaration of Independence, it would make sense for Angelica to go to him to change the declaration to favor women as well as men. In these few lyrics, Angelica is stating that Thomas Paine is depicting women as either intense or insane. While, Thomas Jefferson and other men believed that women were unequal to all men. This upsets Angelica and her sisters because they believe that women should be considered as equals to men.
