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When Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, the public in the United States argued about whether the United States should become independent from Great Britain with one faction believing they should be independent, a second believing they should stay dependent on Great Britain and a third being undecided.
Paine was in debt and needed a change in his life. He met an American named Benjamin Franklin in London who told him he should move to America. In 1774 he sold his house to pay off his debts and took a ship to Philadelphia. Thomas got his first job in America as the editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine.