F16.2A

F16.2A


 * Give us an Independent Nation!**
 * By Julia Demassimo and Madi Task**
 * June 07, 1776**

-"//Common Sense// is working a powerful change in the minds of men," said General Washington. //Common Sense// by Thomas Paine is a pamphlet to grab the minds of Americans and convince them to execute independence across the colonies. By June 1776, 500,000 copies were sold. -Dr. Benjamin Rush asked Thomas Paine to write //Common Sense//. Its purpose is to change the colonists attitudes towards Britan and the King. Richard Henry Lee of the congress wrote, "I am now convinced... of the necessity for seperation." In //Common Sense//, Paine demostrated that American Loyality to Britan was misplaced. -//Common Sense// is a pamphlet that urged colonists to change their minds towards Britan and the king. More than 500,000 copies of //Common Sense// were sold. In //Common Sense// it talks about how the colonists want to make a frastic change in society. -The popular new boook was released in January, this year. The author and friend of the author expected this book to be popular. This is why by today, the same year it was released, over 500,000 copies are sold and are still constantly selling! Then men hope the book will urge the colonists to change their minds towards independence for our thirteen colonies. - Benjamin Rush is a man who didn't approve of the newspapers in Philedalphia.Too many people were too afraid of standing up to their rights. Rush wasn't. He took a stand for the thirteen colonies. Thomas Paine wrote these stands in //Common Sense//. A few things he said in the novel were that monarchy originates from sin, so it shouldn't be trusted. He also believes that nations as cut off as America should have their own laws because it's so different from the main land of Britain. -After Rush read "The Royal Brute of Great Britan," he knew that something had to be done. So, he told Thomas Paine to write an essay which turned out to be Common Sense. The essay was written to alter the colonists minds towards Britan and the king. -How exactly did all of this happen? Paine didn't write the story on his own, it wasn't even his idea; it was Rush's. The book became popular six months after it was published. Word has got out that the Continental Congress members have thier hands on copies of the novel and are loving it.

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