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Make sure to visit the official Blog of the U.S. Common Sense website. This is where we take a non-partisan view of the issues facing our country today. |
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Thomas Paine is often referred to as "The Father of the American Revolution," largely in part to the plain language used in his defense of American independence called "Common Sense." Read what stirred public support that led to the birth of a new nation. |
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"When in the course of human events..." A very poetic and dramatic phrase that started one of the boldest challenges to the British crown. Thomas Jefferson represented the emotions of many in a masterpiece that took a month to write. |
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The great American experiment was not successful in the first attempt. The initial framework was often called limited and weak, but it did lay down the most important pillar of our nation: "the Union shall be perpetual." |
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For over 200 years, the second American experiement has been going on strong. What started as a series of revisions to the Articles of Confederation turned into a whole new government structure. |
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