Common Sense was an instant
best-seller. Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120,000 copies
were in circulation by April. Paine's brilliant arguments were straightforward.
He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the
creation of a democratic republic. Paine avoided flowery prose. He wrote in the
language of the people, often quoting the Bible in his arguments. Most people
in America had a working knowledge of the Bible, so his arguments rang true.
Paine was not religious, but he knew his readers were. King George was
"the Pharaoh of England" and "the Royal Brute of Great
Britain." He touched a nerve in the American countryside.
The change in the frequency of an existing gene allele
When a star burns through the last of its fuel, the object may collapse, or fall into itself. For smaller stars (those up to about three times the sun's mass), the new core will become a neutron star or a white dwarf. But when a larger star collapses, it continues to compress and creates a stellar black hole.
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After the mid-20th century , Canada and the United States became extremely close partners. Canada was a close allie of USA during the Cold War.
William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime minister) rejected free trade with the United States.
August 1957, the Canadian/American governments said they were going to integrate their air forces under a split command called the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). This time during The Cold War, both Canada and the US feared long-range Soviet attack.
Northern occupation of Southern states, reconstruction, ratification of the 13th,14th,and 15th amendments (The Reconstruction Amendments) that effectively abolished slavery and established rights for freed black men. Unfortunately, this led to the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South.