Paine, Thomas 1737-1809 creator text utu 1994 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is a pamphlet published in January 1776 advocating independence from Great Britain for the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear, persuasive prose, Paine presents moral and political arguments to encourage common people to fight for egalitarian government. Published anonymously at the American Revolution's beginning, it became an immediate sensation—the best-selling American title of all time. Paine connected independence with Protestant beliefs and structured his work like a sermon, making the first serious case for full independence when reconciliation still dominated colonial thinking. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense Release date is 1994-07-01 John Campbell. HTML version by Al Haines. Modified by Robert Homa. Original publication data not identified United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 Political science -- Early works to 1800 Monarchy -- Early works to 1800 E201 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/147 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133028.0 147