Thomas Paine, a reluctant English tax collector and failed businessman who arrived in America on the eve of revolution, published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. "In the ...

Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" — more than any other single publication — paved the way for the Declaration of Independence. It was completed on Jan. 10, 1776, less than two years after Paine ...

With half a million copies sold by the end of the American Revolution, "Common Sense" remains one of the best-selling works of all time relative to the U.S. population. (Bettmann Archive) The 2024 ...

I am not certain that the advice I have absorbed from reading Thomas Paine will keep me from harming myself with bats, bikes, ...

This seems like a good moment to think about freedom, democracy, and what is worth fighting for. In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” in order to move Americans toward revolution. I ...

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Thomas Paine’s pamphlet “Common Sense” galvanized support for the American Revolution. It mocked the English monarchy, calling hereditary succession “a degradation and lessening of ourselves” and “an ...

A mission to revive a Founding Father is underway in New Rochelle. New Rochelle residents and history enthusiasts are racing to save the Thomas Paine Memorial Building as its owner, the Thomas Paine ...

I find myself thinking these days about the American revolutionaries, especially Thomas Paine. Paine immigrated from England to the American colonies in 1774 with a letter of introduction from ...

You can say that Steve Gulick is a real Paine. As in Thomas Paine. The re-enactor will portray the patriot pamphleteer at the Morristown Club on April 25. Tickets are $65. It's part of "Revolutionary ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published anonymously on January 10, 1776. This pamphlet plainly laid out arguments for American independence from ...