![]() ![]() His writing was powerful, dramatic and often scathing - especially when describing the monarchy. Paine's ability to write in plain language made his ideas accessible to colonists rich and poor. ![]() Few pamphlets have had so dramatic an effect on political events." General George Washington wrote to a friend in Massachusetts: "I find that Common Sense is working a powerful change there in the minds of many men. However, Paine's convincing arguments against the monarchy and British domination spread like wildfire throughout the colonies and turned the public tide toward independence. Although dissent 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. ![]() "We have it in our power to begin the world over again." - Thomas Paine, Common SenseĬommon Sense was first published anonymously by Thomas Paine in January of 1776 and is regarded by many as the most important piece of writing of the American Revolution. ![]()
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