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Common Sense
January 10, 1776

Background

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and published anonymously in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776, nine months after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Eventually selling 500,000 copies, it was an uncompromising call for independence, written in accessible and stirring language, and was instrumental in turning public opinion in the direction of permanent separation from Great Britain. Paine had come to America from England just over a year before he wrote Common Sense. He had grown up poor, with a minimal education, and had gone through a number of unsuccessful careers. He wrote Common Sense while working in Philadelphia as a journalist.
Common Sense
Addressed to the
Inhabitants of America
Man knows no Master save creating Heaven,
Or those whom Choice and common Good ordain.
Thomson.
February 14, 1776
INTRODUCTION.
Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable......

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Approximate Pages: 87 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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