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  • Common Sense: Independence (1776)

    Common Sense: Independence (1776)

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    “THE FATE OF AMERICA” by James Still, RetraceOurSteps.com, ©2016 (May 1, 2016) — After reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, many citizens shared the pamphlet with friends.  George Washington described the general reaction to Common Sense: “My countrymen I know, from their form of government, and steady attachment heretofore to royalty, will come reluctantly into the…