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National Humanities Center: America in Class: Thomas Paine's Common Sense, 1776

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Lesson on how Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense convinced reluctant Americans to abandon the goal of reconciliation with Britain and accept independence as the only option for preserving their liberty.

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