Paine was angry with the first one that his publisher put out for the Colonists to read so he made a second and released it on February 14, 1776 and the newer one was a third larger than the first one. Interesting thing about Paine was that his last name was spelled “P-a-i-n” but added an “e” at the end when he thought he was no longer an Englishmen. “He was a new man, a successful American; he was Thomas Paine” (Paine, page 28). Paine also played a huge role in the politics of the war period, in Pennsylvania helping to shape the new state constitution and in the nation, itself carrying out the important foreign assignments. “The ease with which political arguments could, in fact, use scientific and technical principles is illustrated beautifully in Common Sense with its discussions of weights and forces” (Paine, page
Paine was angry with the first one that his publisher put out for the Colonists to read so he made a second and released it on February 14, 1776 and the newer one was a third larger than the first one. Interesting thing about Paine was that his last name was spelled “P-a-i-n” but added an “e” at the end when he thought he was no longer an Englishmen. “He was a new man, a successful American; he was Thomas Paine” (Paine, page 28). Paine also played a huge role in the politics of the war period, in Pennsylvania helping to shape the new state constitution and in the nation, itself carrying out the important foreign assignments. “The ease with which political arguments could, in fact, use scientific and technical principles is illustrated beautifully in Common Sense with its discussions of weights and forces” (Paine, page