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These United States: Revolutionary writer Thomas Paine
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These United States: Revolutionary writer Thomas Paine
In 1776, Thomas Paine, an English-born writer shaped by the anti-monarchism movement, wrote "Common Sense," a 47-page pamphlet that changed history, by inspiring American colonists to turn their rebellion against their king into an outright revolution. Correspondent Holly Williams visits the English town of Lewes that helped shaped a future Founding Father and separatist.
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