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.
William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania (Penn's Wilderness) as a haven for Quakers. The Pennsylvania colony was very liberal for its time. Penn <span>wanted religious tolerance for all.
