“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
First published on January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine’s Common Sense defended and inspired the cause of independence like no other. Leading historians have called the 47 page pamphlet one of the “most brilliant ever written in the English language.” Path to...
Before covering the subject of independence, I would be remiss not to include information on America’s most famous pro-independence pamphleteer, Thomas Paine. This lesson tackles some of Paine’s background, his ideas, and the chief arguments in his famous tract Common...
