Common Sense (Annotated): The Origin and Design of Government

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight foregalitariangovernment. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of theAmerican Revolution,...