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Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us. Conquest may be effected under the pretence of friendship; and ourselves, after a long and brave resistance, be at last cheated into slavery.
FULL TEXT. “for God’s sake, let us come to a final separation” Thomas Paine. COMMON SENSE. *January 1776. Presented here is the full text of Common Sense from the third edition (published a month after the initial pamphlet), plus the edition Appendix, now considered an integral part of the pamphlet’s impact. N T R O D U C T I O N.
Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine and first published in Philadelphia in January 1776, was in part a scathing polemic against the injustice of rule by a king.
Common Sense, it turns out, was fairly common – and very popular. But what made Paine’s pamphlet of some 25,000 words and 47 pages strike such a chord with Americans in 1776? Why did Paine write Common Sense , and what exactly does the pamphlet say?
“Common Sense” is credited as playing a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England. In it, Paine argues that representational government is superior to a monarchy or...
by Thomas Paine. Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
COMMON SENSE. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. SOME Writers have so confounded Society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas, they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and
Thomas Paine. Common Sense is a pamphlet by British-born American political activist, philosopher, and theorists Thomas Paine that was first published in 1775. In it, Paine argues that the American colonies should seek full independence from Britain. The pamphlet convinced many who were unsure of the purpose of the war and played a profound ...
Common Sense (1776)/Common Sense. COMMON SENSE. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. SOME writers have s o confounded s ociety with government, as to leave little or no di s tinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced ...
Thomas Paine's polemical pamphlet Common Sense (1776) has been described as the most influential political pamphlet of the 18th century, affecting both the American and French revolutions. [3]