In Common Sense Tom Paine made the first mention of America forming its own country.

The politics he wrote about were the basis for the Founding Fathers principles. Such as taxation without representation. Without that our country would be a lot different.

Even though Tom Paine inspired the revolution after it was over he didn’t help. He left the founding fathers do the rest of the work. He started wearing soiled clothes. He made his work trying to create candles that don’t burn down.