FREE: Common Sense Booklet by Thomas Paine

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Written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76, Common Sense inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. The pamphlet explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence in clear, simple language. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places.  

Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of whether or not to seek independence was the central issue of the day. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood. Forgoing the philosophical and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, he structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon, and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people. He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era".

From Common Sense

  Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . 1

Of the Origin and Design of Government In General, with Concise Remarks On the English Constitution . . . . 3

Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession . . . . 11

Thoughts On the Present State of American Affairs . . . . . 23

Of the Present Ability of America, with Some Miscellaneous Reflexions . . . . . 45

Appendix . . . . . 59
 

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