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Common Sense (Little Books of Wisdom)

by: Thomas Paine

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781557094582
ISBN: 1557094586
Item Dimensions: 4568029414
Label: Applewood Books
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Applewood Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 76
Publication Date: July 01, 2002
Publisher: Applewood Books
Studio: Applewood Books

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Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.

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"These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history.

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