Creating the United States

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Thomas Paine’s essay, Common Sense, provoked the minds of American revolutionaries and loyalists alike. Paine’s inspirational pamphlet calling for American independence and the creation of a republican nation governed by a unicameral legislature became an instant best seller and a focus of the debate over the aims of the American Revolution.
Thomas Paine’s essay, <em>Common Sense,</em> provoked the minds of American revolutionaries and loyalists alike. Paine’s inspirational pamphlet calling for American independence and the creation of a republican nation governed by a unicameral legislature became an instant best seller and a focus of the debate over the aims of the American Revolution.