At 250, Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” still matters

Paine’s timing for “Common Sense,” the first widely-read pamphlet proposing independence rather than pleading for rights and ...

250 years later, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" remembered for helping spark American Revolution

A Philadelphia historian says Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," published 250 years ago, "changed the course of world history." ...

The legacy of Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' on its 250th anniversary

250 years after Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense', what can we learn from the revolutionary work today?

How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine

His “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the ...
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" at 250 years: "It changed the course of world history"

In fewer than 50 pages, historians say that Thomas Paine's words in "Common Sense," published in Philadelphia 250 years ago ...

Opinion: From reconciliation to revolution — ‘Common Sense’ and the making of American independence

Before “Common Sense,” most Americans were not calling for independence, seeing it as risky and extreme. Even after ...

Opinion: Thomas Paine’s 'Common Sense' at 250. 'Propaganda in the most positive sense'

The American patriots’ inspired and inspiring quest for liberty was stoked by Paine’s ideas and rhetoric, and fundamental ...