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a degree in regard to the vision that they held for our nation, there were in actuality more similarities than differences in their plans for our future and the infrastructure
that would insure that future. This is particularly evident when we compare Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. Each envisioned a uniquely American culture and government and each took
critical steps to accomplish that goal. Both Paine and Jefferson were great orators and they were particularly well suited to communicating their vision of Americas future to the people that
lived here. Interestingly, Pain was a son of a Quaker and his ideologies about the rights and wrongs of human interactions were undoubtedly based in that early training.
He headed for America at the age of 37 and promptly began to promote his political visions for a country that he had only just met (Baym, Franklin, Gura 629).
Indeed, his political philosophy was quite well shaped before he ever even arrived in this country. He published his now infamous "Common Sense" in 1776, in fact, less
than two years after arriving here (Baym, Franklin, Gura 629). Almost one-half of a million of the pamphlets were snatched up by the American readership who was eager to
see a new direction forged in the colonies (Baym, Franklin, Gura, 630). Paine saw the American cause as "the cause of all mankind" (Baym, Franklin, Gura 631).
In many ways it could be contended that Pain changed the course of colonial history through decisive and forceful roles in a time when there was little
overall direction in our government and our policies. His role extended through the years preceding the American Revolution and on into the early years of our independence. His
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