Library Binding
(Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2005)
Writer and political activist, Paine published the 46 page pamphlet, Common Sense, which urged an immediate declaration of independence on the part of the American colonies. Ages 12-16 years.
Discusses the events that led the British and the colonists in America to clash in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Describes the actions of both the Patriots and the British on April 19, 1775, when the battles that began the American Revolution occurred.