Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April.’ (ushistory.org, Thomas Paine's Common Sense) Common Sense touched on the current hot political climate - America’s independence from England and the creation of a democratic republic. Paine also wrote The Age of Reason and Rights of Man, which focused on religion and political revolutions, respectively. Other authors wrote about their ideas, too. John Locke wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which spoke of the foundations of human knowledge. Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations tackled the subject of countries
Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April.’ (ushistory.org, Thomas Paine's Common Sense) Common Sense touched on the current hot political climate - America’s independence from England and the creation of a democratic republic. Paine also wrote The Age of Reason and Rights of Man, which focused on religion and political revolutions, respectively. Other authors wrote about their ideas, too. John Locke wrote An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which spoke of the foundations of human knowledge. Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations tackled the subject of countries