| Thomas Paine, 2nd Revolutionist
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| by JD Nutt, IG Web-Editor |
| Report last updated on
April 6th, 2009 -
Oklahoma City, OK. |
| Thomas
Paine, (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809) author of "Common Sense," returns to modern times to
pleas for a second revolution to take back America! Watch his
videos... |
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| Common Sense
(pamphlet) |
| Common Sense
was a pamphlet
written by Thomas
Paine. It was first published anonymously on January
10, 1776, during the American
Revolution. Common Sense presented the American
colonists with an argument for independence from British
rule at a time when the question of independence was still
undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common
people understood; forgoing the philosophy and Latin
references used by Enlightenment
era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like
a sermon
and relied on Biblical
references to make his case to the people.
Historian Gordon
S. Wood described Common Sense as, “the most
incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire
revolutionary era |
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| Report Source(s): |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFKGrmsBDk&feature=related |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet) |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine |
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