Background of thomas paines common sense

  • Thomas paine quotes
  • Why did thomas paine wrote common sense
  • How did thomas paine die

    • •

    Thomas Paine

    American philosopher and author (1737–1809)

    For other people with the same name, see Thomas Paine (disambiguation).

    Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain;[1] February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736][Note 1] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, uppfinnare, and political philosopher.[2][3] He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the början of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial erapatriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.[4] His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of human rights.[5]

    Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet C

  • background of thomas paines common sense

    • •

    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

    January 10 marks the anniversary of the publication of Thomas Paine’s influential Common Sense in 1776.

    On January 10, 1776, an obscure immigrant published a small pamphlet that ignited independence in America and shifted the political landscape of the patriot movement from reform within the British imperial system to independence from it.

    One hundred twenty thousand copies sold in the first three months in a nation of three million people, making Common Sense the best-selling printed work by a single author in American history up to that time.

    Never before had a personally written work appealed to all classes of colonists. Never before had a pamphlet been written in an inspiring style so accessible to the “common” folk of America.

    A government of our own is our natural right…Ye that oppose independence now, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping vaca

    •

    Common Sense

    1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine

    This article is about the pamphlet. For the everyday philosophical concept, see Common sense. For other uses, see Common sense (disambiguation).

    The original cover of Common Sense

    AuthorThomas Paine
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishedJanuary 10, 1776; 249 years ago (January 10, 1776)
    Publication placeUnited States
    Pages47
    TextCommon Sense at Wikisource

    Common Sense[1] is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776,[2] at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.

    It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns an