What impact did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense have on the early quest for American Independence? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
The 1776 pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine could be equated to the “viral video” of its day. More than a hundred thousand copies had been sold in its first year alone, and it was in the hands of most Colonial Americans (whether or not they could read) within its first year. This document laid out a logical and “commonsense” set of arguments designed to convince the average colonist as to the reasons for and importance of American independence. Perhaps its greatest success was due to Paine’s outsider look at the situation, since he was a recent immigrant from England with a great deal of Enlightenment education and idealism in his experience.
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the ability to participate effectively in political choices that determine one's life. a. voter turnout statistics in elections b. Economist Intelligence Unit's Index of Democracy c. constitutional guarantees of civil and political rights d. U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Account index of democracy
Current procedures for estimating state and local revenues as a basis for budget planning
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