Ebook {Epub PDF} Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Those wishing for a break with England and total independence had no better propagandist than Thomas Paine. By reviewing Paine’s life and publications—especially "Common Sense"--during the early portion of the Revolution, students will gain an appreciation for the essential role Paine played in explaining the patriot position and moving public opinion in favor of independence. Common Sense was first published anonymously by Thomas Paine in January of and is regarded by many as the most important piece of writing of the American Revolution. Although descent among the colonists was growing over the British government's newly levied taxes and customs duties and the bloody battle at Concord, there was still talk of reconciliation among the colonists. COMMON SENSE.' INTRODUCTION. PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general Favor ; a long Habit of not thinking a Thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of Custom. But the Tumult soon subsides.

Common Sense, by Thomas Paine () by Megan Mulder on July 1, in Rare Book of the Month. Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England and America. Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs; but all have been ineffectual, and the period of debate is closed. Thomas Paine was a firebrand, and his most influential essay — Common Sense — was a fevered no-holds-barred call for independence. He is credited with turning the tide of public opinion at a crucial juncture, convincing many Americans that war for independence was the only option to take, and they had to take it now, or else. Source: Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, ). Vol. 1. XV. COMMON SENSE.1 INTRODUCTION. Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general Favor; a long Habit of not thinking a Thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

COMMON SENSE.' INTRODUCTION. PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general Favor ; a long Habit of not thinking a Thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of Custom. But the Tumult soon subsides. Those wishing for a break with England and total independence had no better propagandist than Thomas Paine. By reviewing Paine’s life and publications—especially "Common Sense"--during the early portion of the Revolution, students will gain an appreciation for the essential role Paine played in explaining the patriot position and moving public opinion in favor of independence. Common Sense was first published anonymously by Thomas Paine in January of and is regarded by many as the most important piece of writing of the American Revolution. Although descent among the colonists was growing over the British government's newly levied taxes and customs duties and the bloody battle at Concord, there was still talk of reconciliation among the colonists.