Common Sense
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A vital historical document that helped lead to the American Revolution, Common Sense is the most influential pamphlet of the Revolutionary era, paving the way for independence.
Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was publis...






















