Common Sense
A vital historical document that helped lead to the American Revolution, Common Sense is the most influential pamphlet of the Revolutionary era, paving the way for independence.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's Common Sense is just that - a simple passionate presentation of the case against monarchy, and for American Independence. But it was also much more: An inflammatory immediate best seller. It was reprinted numerous times in its first year and remains the all-time best selling American title. Today it is read for its place in history and as an example of persuasive writing.
This is the Bradford edition of 14 February, 1776. It includes Paine's appendix urging an immediate decla...






















