Independence in America
“For no nation, in a state of foreign dependence, limited in its commerce, and cramped and fettered in its legislative powers, can ever arrive at any material eminence.” (39 Sharp) Thomas Paine introduced to the world in his essay Common Sense, published in 1776, that American’s need to break off their dependency with the English because if they do not, they will have to keep relying on the English to supply them with essentials to thrive as a nation. Paine was able to recognize…
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