Anonymous ID: a0d038 Aug. 1, 2018, 8:01 a.m. No.2390028   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0180 >>0357

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Common Sense - Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine.

 

"There is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence that supports the position that Ben Franklin had at least a hand in, if he did not serve as the actual author of Common Sense. Thomas Paine had been born in England and had made little of himself by the time that he met the American diplomat to England, Benjamin Franklin. Franklin, having already had a history of writing under a pseudonym in his brother's publication, and having been a brilliant publicist and diplomat, was suspect for having authored Common Sense. Franklin, sensing the righteousness of an American uprising against Britain, was also well aware that such an uprising would never succeed nor would it ever be able to convince the French monarchy to assist the American cause, were it not for the enlistment of the people. The people's representatives meeting in Philadelphia could not be counted upon to stir the passions of the people. Franklin, sensing this, sponsored Paine's journey to the New World and establishing himself in Philadelphia. The original publications of "Common Sense" were published anonymously."

 

Sounds sort of familiar doesn't it?

 

Read more at :

https://www.answers.com/Q/Did_Benjamin_Franklin_actually_write_Common_Sense

Anonymous ID: a0d038 Aug. 1, 2018, 8:13 a.m. No.2390180   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>2390028

Another interesting bit on that page -

 

How did Benjamin Franklin influence the writing of the Constitution?

His most important contribution was the Great Compromise. One of the major sticking points was the question of whether congressional representation would be based on population or would be equal for all states. There seemed no way to resolve the question. The more populous states wanted proportional representation and the small states wanted equal representation. Franklin proposed, and convinced the other delegates to accept, the idea of equal representation in the senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.