Topic: king george III

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in 1776, helped galvanize colonial support for American independence. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Library of Congress / DeAgostini / DigiPub)

At 250, "Common Sense" still matters

Edward J. Larson
(Salon/Flora Thevoux)

America's last king

Willard Sterne Randall