The Japanese admiral stated after the attack on Pearl Harbor, “We have awoken a sleeping giant."
This meant that the Pearl Harbor attack had woken up the United States to join World War II. The United Stares were initially quite uninterested and were staying out of the war until this incident which spurred them to fight back.
Paine wrote “Common Sense” in 1776. As you may know, this was during the times of the revolution. “Common Sense” was a pamphlet trying to encourage colonists to go against Britain. To win independence. Paine was an extreme patriot and he also wrote other papers for the revolution. “Common Sense” was the most sold.
