The purpose of this offering is to show that Thomas Paine is the founder, the creator in sole of the United States. The so-called 'founding fathers', praiseworthy men, all, were really following founding fathers. From ancient times to the present, many great men and women spoke and wrote about freedom, liberty, life and humanitarian ideals. Thomas Paine integrated these ideas in his immortal 'Common Sense." In it Paine laid out a plan for a new country without a king. His exertions resulted in the creation of the United States of America.