Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in 1776, helped galvanize colonial support for American independence. Photo illustration by ...

Thomas Paine's Common Sense is one of the all-time best-selling books in American history. It was read at establishments across New York and New Jersey, including Fraunces Tavern, which still stands ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Maryland History Professor Richard Bell talked about what was going on in the American colonies in 1776. In 1774, Englishman Thomas ...

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With half a million copies sold by the end of the American Revolution, "Common Sense" remains one of the best-selling works of all ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months ...

Our Commonwealth and indeed our country are suffering from a lack of common sense. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thomas Paine released his 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense.” It was a ...