Answer:
about 3/4th of the population
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F (He did write <em>Common Sense</em>, but it's well known and as the paper says, was an immediate success)
5. T
6. F
7. It's common sense to create a new government, a republic, to govern a country that was unhappy with a monarchy running the government.
8. Thomas Paine: A Man of Common Sense. I think this is a good creative name for the biography because so much of Thomas' life was defined by <em>Common Sense.</em>
For me, both B and D make sense. Do you have any text I can read?
May 26, 1938 is the year mate.