Thomas Paine
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Explain the historical purposes and consequences of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
What were the themes of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
What were the consequences of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we ... Thomas Paine