Thomas+Paine+and+the+movement+for+Independence

=Thomas Paine's //Common Sense// = 

Thomas Paine was a writer that expressed his feeling of American independence by his published pamphlet, Common Sense. The pamphlet was published in January 1776. Thomas Paine led the people that could not speak for themselves about their urge for freedom and became respectful later on. His pamphlet became more popular than he had expected. It sold more than about 100,000 copies in three months and there was not one single person that didn't know about his pamphlet. Many agreed on his opinion, and some didn't. And among those people that agreed on him had people that were scared to speak out and couldn't say they agreed. The people that agreed, respected him and honored him for his courage to speak out. But the ones that disagreed, treated him horribly. When Thomas Paine published his success and found out they were popular, he knew he would be able to bring the people there, happiness. In the pamphlet, Paine argued that staying close with England wopn't give Americans any good and that it may even be harmful to them. The people knew that the pamphlet that Paine had published was the only way to openly express their feeling that they really want independence from Great Britain. They were waiting for something like this to come along and Paine had the courage to make it. ====So Paine and his people really wanted the separation from Great Britian and Paine was a big part of that. Even if they didn't really part away, Thomas Paine still made big differences that changed the people to speak up for themselves. He led the big group of people that couldn't say their opinions but still wanted independence from England. ==== =Timeline = =January 15, 1776 Common Sense was publishedmedia type="youtube" key="xcjtmChXhz4?fs=1" height="307" width="512" =