Difference between revisions of "Common Sense"
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[http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/commonsense/index.htm Online Copy of ''Common Sense''] | [http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/commonsense/index.htm Online Copy of ''Common Sense''] | ||
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| + | * [https://librivox.org/common-sense-by-thomas-paine/ Common Sense] - [[LibriVox]] | ||
[[Category:Political Books]] | [[Category:Political Books]] | ||
[[Category:United States History]] | [[Category:United States History]] | ||
[[Category : Conservative Books]] | [[Category : Conservative Books]] | ||
Revision as of 22:22, June 2, 2015
Common Sense was a pamphlet written and published (anonymously) by Thomas Paine in January of 1776. It denounced British rule over the thirteen colonies. The pamphlet was written in a language that spoke to the common man, and was immensely popular. It was strongly influential in fostering the desire to be independent from the British monarchy.
Common Sense achieved a feat accomplished by no other work except the Bible: sales of Common Sense totaled half of the number of people who could read in the American colonies. This work, above all others, created an American identity among colonists.