The United states was considered a confederation because it still had no sovereignty or complete withdrawal from the British. it was not independent yet but had enough to work as a united force.
Paine wrote “Common Sense” in 1776. As you may know, this was during the times of the revolution. “Common Sense” was a pamphlet trying to encourage colonists to go against Britain. To win independence. Paine was an extreme patriot and he also wrote other papers for the revolution. “Common Sense” was the most sold.
The Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism.
