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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2015
      10 November 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139087261
      9781108035194
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139087261
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.23kg, 178 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, Philosophy: General Interest, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations, Early Republic and Antebellum History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, American Studies, Philosophy: General Interest, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations, Early Republic and Antebellum History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
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    This famous pamphlet - published anonymously in 1776 because of its seditious content - by the British political radical Thomas Paine (1737–1809) laid out his pioneering ideas for American independence, and earned him the title of 'Father of the American Revolution'. The Declaration of Independence, written chiefly by Thomas Jefferson and famously promulgated later that year, was influenced by Paine's arguments in this work: that America was too large to be governed by a country as small as Britain - which, he claimed, was ruling America only for its own financial gain - and that the colonies had now achieved the financial and military capacity to break free. Criticising the British monarchical system, with a single figure at its pinnacle, Paine called instead for a government that promoted security, liberty and equality for its people. Over half a million copies of this highly influential document were sold in America in its first year.

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