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Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” a mere 47 pages long, “swept through the colonies like a firestorm, destroying any final ...

While Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months ...

We’re living through a strange era in which our national government is trying to destroy ideals and institutions that have ...

His “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the ...

Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the ...

The newly inaugurated New York City mayor posits the 'warmth of collectivism' as compassion, but history disagrees.

Gift-giving can be just as fun for the person giving the gift as it is for the one receiving it. It brings joy to see someone unwrap a gift during the holiday season and smile from ear to ear, knowing ...

Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army. By early 1777, many soldiers were returning home, and Washington needed to enlist new men. The Continental Army ...

While patriots fought against the British in the American Revolution 250 years ago on the East Coast, people in the San Diego region were on a parallel track of new beginnings and their own rebellion.

"Common Sense" awakens the American colonies to the idea of true independence. On January 9th, 1776, the pamphlet "Common Sense" is published in Philadelphia. The pamphlet immediately becomes a ...