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Thomas Paine arrived in the American colonies in 1774, as the conflict between aggrieved colonists and Britain was reaching its height. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, Paine argued that the colonists' cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence.
They quickly went from allies to enemies. There was heavy mistrust between each other based on the ideologies of communism and capitalism.