Tennessee's Free Fishing Day Is Saturday, June 7. Tennesseeâs annual Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 7 when anyone may fish free without a license in the stateâs public waters. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency provides the free day in hopes of increasing interest in fishing.
At the time Paine wrote âCommon Sense,â most colonists considered themselves to be aggrieved Britons. Paine fundamentally changed the tenor of colonistsâ argument with the crown when he wrote the following: âEurope, and not England, is the parent country of America.
Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine and Common Sense were controversial at the time but sparked a revolutionary spirit that continues to inspire today. Introduction. England-born political philosopher and writer Thomas Paine (1737-1809) helped shape many of the ideas that marked the Age of Revolution. Published in 1776, his highly popular âCommon Senseâ was the first pamphlet to advocate American independence.