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.
With U.S economic culture dependent on capitalism and increased influence of U.S.A over the world and downfall of communism led to increased influence of capitalism.
