jan 18, 1775 - Thomas Paine's Common Sense

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Despite the decade of British taxation, many colonists still favored reconciliation over complete independence. Thomas Paine swung the tide towards independent by calling for a republican government instead of a small island governing a large continent, expressing the sense of separateness that had been growing. This galvanized the push towards a revolution for freedom.

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