Before delving into the specific grievances the colonies have against the British, Paine declares, "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances have, and will, arise which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected, and in the event of which their affections are interested". Consider what you know of the Enlight-enment and interpret the type of appeal that Paine makes to his reader based on these sentences. Who is Paine writing to in these lines?