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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Thomas Paine Cottage
Home and gravesite of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Paine
An intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A radical pamphleteer, Paine anticipated and helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Paine
(1737-1809) British political theorist that published the pamphlet Common Sense.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: E Pluribus Unum
The fact that the Second Continental Congress convened was evidence that the colonists had had enough from the British Parliament. Read about the ways the colonies finally began to work together and focus on a common plan, resulting in...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Colonists: What Were They Thinking?
This tutorial looks at the British political traditions that influenced the American colonists as they gained their independence from Britain and created their own form of government. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: John Dickinson
John Dickinson was called "The Penman of the American Revolution." During the 1760s and 1770s, he authored numerous important essays in defense of American rights, including The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies, the...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: A Nation Conceived in Liberty [Pdf]
For this lesson, 11th graders examine the events and political philosophy that laid the foundations of the American government, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. They also look at what role religion played in shaping American...
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