Thomas Paine: American Legend Who got the wheels of the American Independence movement rolling? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere? Those are the names you would probably hear if you asked an average person on the street. However, the real person who started it all is greatly underrated. This man is Thomas Paine. In January of 1776, Thomas Paine wrote and published a truly extraordinary document. As soon as it appeared on the streets of Philadelphia …showed first 75 words of 319 total…

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