The United States began in revolt against empire, answering the call of Thomas Paine: "O ye that love mankind!Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!"
"Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression.Freedom hath been hunted round the globe," Paine declared in Common Sense, his 48-page condemnation not just of King George III but of the whole business of colonialism.
"Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression.Freedom hath been hunted round the globe," Paine declared in Common Sense, his 48-page condemnation not just of King George III but of the whole business of colonialism.
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