Thomas Paine ’s Common Sense was first published in January 1776, amid the American Revolution. It was inspired by the American colonies’ rebellion against taxation—which turned into a struggle for outright independence—from Britain
Thomas Paine ’s Common Sense was first published in January 1776, amid the American Revolution. <u>It was inspired by the American colonies’ rebellion against taxation—which turned into a struggle for outright independence—from Britain.</u>
Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence.