THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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a French philosopher
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an American Loyalist
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an English immigrant loyalist
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an English Immigrant Patriot
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Thomas Paine was a patriot, but at the outset of the Revolution, his alignment with the American colonists was more about being against Britain than for America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Paine was an England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe. Published in 1776 to international acclaim, “Common Sense” was the first pamphlet to advocate American independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -By promoting the idea of American exceptionalism and the need to form a new nation to realize its promise, Paine’s pamphlet not only attracted public support for the Revolution, but put the rebellion’s leaders under pressure to declare independence.