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Age Of Enlightenment The Eighteenth Thesis

The change following the American revolution was not only a political one, but it brought along a series of changes like a domino in all aspects of life. "In many areas, the Revolution witnessed the overthrow of the old order politically, socially, economically, and religiously" (Morton, 2003, pg. 3). Paine's pamphlet appealed to the people's common sense. The fact that its author spoke the language of the masses and knew their spirit as he knew himself, accompanied by his intelligence and keen sense of observation gave him the opportunity to write a work that gave the final push to those who were still in doubt about starting a revolution that seemed partly a civil war.

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(2001). Economic Crises and the European Revolutions of 1848. The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 293-326
Morton, J.C. (2003). The American Revolution. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Paine, T. (2005). Common Sense. Digireads Vincent, B. (2005). The Transatlantic Republican: Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions. Rodopi. 2005

Thomas Paine. Brief Biography. Retrieved: Oct. 24, 2008. Available at http://www.ushistory.org/PAINE/

Thomas Paine. Retrieved: Oct. 24, 2008. Available:

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Berger H., Spoerer M. (2001). Economic Crises and the European Revolutions of 1848. The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 293-326

Morton, J.C. (2003). The American Revolution. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Paine, T. (2005). Common Sense. Digireads Vincent, B. (2005). The Transatlantic Republican: Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions. Rodopi. 2005

Thomas Paine. Brief Biography. Retrieved: Oct. 24, 2008. Available at http://www.ushistory.org/PAINE/
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/PAINE.HTM
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