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Thomas Paine: American Legend
Title: Thomas Paine: American Legend
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 320 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Thomas Paine: American Legend
Thomas Paine: American Legend
Who got the wheels of the American Independence movement rolling? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere? Those are the names you would probably hear if you asked an average person on the street. However, the real person who started it all is greatly underrated. This man is Thomas Paine.
In January of 1776, Thomas Paine wrote and published a truly extraordinary document. As soon as it appeared on the streets of Philadelphia …showed first 75 words of 320 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 320 total…on the Continental Congress. After reading it, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia said that he was “Clearly convinced of the necessity for separation.” Soon after, the Continental Congress discussed declaring their independence. Less then a month later Thomas Jefferson presented the Declaration of Independence. It was all thanks to Thomas Paine’s courageous effort to do what he thought was right, that united the colonies and ended up forming the United States of America.
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