| Front | Common Sense |
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| Back | 1776 a political pamphlet by Thomas Paine an urge to America to immediate and unqualified separation from England four parts 1 in so far as government are established only to perfect the freedom and security of citizens, England has violated its mandate by its economic and political enslavement of the colonies 2 rejects hereditary in favor of democratic election 3,4 celebrate both America's economic security and its potential to safeguard the inalienable rights of all people Common Sense[1] was a 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 marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. Common Sense |
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