Amazon.com description: Product Description: “No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style; in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple unassuming language.” - Thomas Jefferson Join us for one of the most historically significant, Earth-shattering documents ever written; one that pushed American colonists toward Revolution and led to the formation of the United States. Published in 1776, Thomas Paine challenges the authority of the British monarchy to rule over America. Using plain language, Paine spoke directly to the common people, stating his case for independence, actions that still reverberate today.