Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine

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Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine

Author: Thomas Paine
Publisher: Signet
Copyright: 1791
Pages: 416
Cover Price: $ 6.95

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Paine's daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes The Crisis, The Age of Reason and Agrarian Justice.

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Thomas Paine wrote influential pamphlets during the American Revolution, which have inspired revolutionaries ever since. The Declaration of Independence was promulgated by the Second Continental Congress and declared independence for the 13 colonies from Britain. The Revolutionary War is generally dated from the Battle of Concord and Lexington, ending with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.