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Common Sense
Contributor(s): Paine, Thomas (Author)

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 ISBN: 1539943690     ISBN-13: 9781539943693
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $8.74  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Essays
Lexile Measure: 1330
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.21 lbs) 62 pages
 
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. Common Sense made public a persuasive and impassioned case for independence, which before the pamphlet had not yet been given serious intellectual consideration. He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity, structuring Common Sense as if it were a sermon. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era".
 
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