Paine connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity and structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era."
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With the Discovery of trench warfare, There was a need for weapons that were capable of long-range destruction and also inflict maximum damage at the same time. this resulted in the invention of many new weapons.
Because the Germans we at Calais waiting for us thinking that we were going to arrive there, but instead we changed our plans and came in at Normandy on the beaches in Northern France :) hoped this helped xx