Thomas Paine's Influence On American History

“Join, or Die.” “Don’t Tread on Me.” These are two mottos often used by Revolutionary supporters and fighters from about 1754 to 1783, and even sometimes today it is still used. These were battle cries that patriotic men would scream with all their might before charging onto the battlefield, where they might take their last breath. Nearly five thousand men gave their lives, for freedom’s sake. Their sacrifices were not done in vain, as the war was ended on September 3rd, 1783. This sense of victory and accomplishment is what lead these new Americans to further establishing their country, making their mark on history, and creating a new identity for themselves, as free men and woman.
If you ever paid attention in your history class, you might

These Acts were newly signed laws and taxes such as the Stamp Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act, Sugar Act, etc. These were continually created and passed by Parliament until 1775, when the colonists drew a line in the sand and said “enough”. The last Act imposed by Parliament was the Intolerable Acts, which stripped Massachusetts of judicial rights and ability to self-govern. A spark ignited and the colonists and Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, writes, “If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace” (“Thomas Paine

What was America like after the war? What did the civilians do? What was their lives like now? Well, these are all some good questions. But first it should be discussed about what the everyday man was like before the war. The colonists were men who were sent by their king to go and settle on this newly found land. At first, it was only men since the conditions were so strenuous but later women and children came over once an area of land was settled. Later on, colonists were those trying to escape religious oppression or tyranny. Slowly, more colonists became everyday people, the common man. It was these same common men who started the