RW6: Common Sense, Charleston, and Independence

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Aug 5, 202662:03Society & Culture

In the first half of 1776, the Patriot cause gained momentum as Thomas Paine's Common Sense inspired thousands, Patriot forces repelled a British assault on Charleston, and the Continental Congress debated the question o...

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