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Thomas Paine is responsible for some of the most influential pamphlets about the colonial situation in the 1700’s. He found himself in the right position and time to make his opinions known through his writing. He was a journalist in Philadelphia when the American relationship with England was thinning and change was on the horizon. Paine became famous at this time for writing Common Sense, as well as his sixteen Crisis papers. Through his particular style of reasoning and vehemence, Paine’s Common Sense became crucial in turning American opinion against Britain and was instrumental in the colonies' decision to engage in a battle for complete independence.
Answer: In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan to prop up the communist government of the Peoples Democratic party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) against a growing insurgency. The Soviet Union feared the loss of its community proxy in Afghanistan.
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