Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis and Common Sense

After reading Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis and Common Sense, do you believe that these documents were written as a form of propaganda? Why? (Hint: First define “propaganda”)

Compare Paine’s writings with the Declaration of Independence. Is the Declaration a form of propaganda?

Be sure to support your argument with examples from the documents. Pull in other information you already know from things already discussed.