Publication date 1776-01-10 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0
Topics Common Sense, US Revolution, American Independence War, American Revolution, pamphlet, 1776, American colonies, Patriotism, US Independence War, Paine, United States of America, American Revolutionary War Collection opensource Language English Item Size 35.4M
Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Within three months, more than 150,000 copies of Paine’s stirring pamphlet were circulating throughout the colonies and around the world, an enormous number for the time. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history. Common Sense inspired the colonial population from Massachusetts to Georgia and helped convince British subjects still loyal to the king to embrace the radical notion of independence.
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