Paine connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity and structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era."
Both Josiah and Zephaniah are descendants of Hezekiah, both are born of royal lineage and they are also fourth-generation descendants Hezekiah (all of the above). Zephaniah is the son of Cushi, and the great-great grandson of King. Josiah, on the other hand, was a seventh-century BCE king of Judah
The Spanish were looking for gold. This is part of the 3 systems, these were things people came to the new world for. It was GOD GOLD AND GLORY, But the Spanish came for Gold
