A military officer because during the 1700's European wars went into the American colonies with the French-Indian wars that resulted in the British taking land such as Acadia away from France.
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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.
It wasn't. The Vinland colony was not sustainable since it wasn't possible for Norse people to move there in high numbers and carry things and establish a successful colony. Their ships were smaller than those used by later people like Columbus and there wasn't an option to just take three ships with a bunch of people. Technology wasn't yet developed enough to enable a mass migration.
