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Common Sense: The Revolutionary Pamphlet That Made Independence Inevitable
Hardcover
Fiction AnthologiesGeneral World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)
ISBN13: 9781515437369
Publisher: A & D Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Common Sense is one of the most influential political pamphlets ever published, the fiery argument that helped turn colonial anger into a public demand for American independence. Written in plain, forceful language for ordinary readers rather than political elites, Thomas Paine attacked monarchy, hereditary rule, and the idea that the American colonies should remain tied to Britain. His case was direct: reconciliation had become impossible, independence was necessary, and a new nation could be built on republican principles rather than inherited power.
First published in January 1776, Common Sense reached a vast audience at the decisive moment before the Declaration of Independence. Paine's pamphlet gave moral clarity, urgency, and popular language to ideas that many colonists had considered but not yet openly embraced. Its arguments about liberty, representation, natural rights, government, commerce, and the absurdity of kingship helped make independence thinkable, speakable, and politically unavoidable.
This A&D edition is suited to readers of American history, political philosophy, Revolutionary-era writing, founding documents, republican thought, and classic works of liberty and independence. Common Sense remains essential reading for anyone interested in the American Revolution, the origins of the United States, the power of political language, and the enduring argument against tyranny, monarchy, and government without consent.
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