All the colonists had ever known was a state of dependency on England and a government run by a King. To fully appreciate Common Sense, you must consider it from the perspective of someone living in colonial America at that time. The Second Continental Congress had been meeting since the previous May in Philadelphia, and rebellion was in the air. The Siege of Boston was in its eighth month, following the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the terrible fight at Bunker Hill. Published on January 10, 1776, and written by Thomas Paine, a recent immigrant from England, it caused everyday Americans to begin seriously thinking about an independent United States.Īt the time of its publishing, America was a country already at war. The literary work most often credited with inspiring the American Revolution was a 47-page pamphlet called Common Sense.
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