Common Sense

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book political pamphlet

Common Sense is a 1776 political pamphlet by Thomas Paine that powerfully argued for American independence from Britain and helped galvanize colonial support for the Revolutionary War.

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Common Sense canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
political pamphlet ⓘ
advocates independence of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain ⓘ
approximateLength about 47 pages ⓘ
author Thomas Paine ⓘ
circulation widely read in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
countryOfPublication Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
criticizes British constitutional monarchy ⓘ
British rule over the American colonies ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
dateOfFirstEdition January 10, 1776 ⓘ
estimatedSales over 100,000 copies in 1776 ⓘ
firstPublishedAnonymously true ⓘ
genre political literature ⓘ
revolutionary literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus key text of the American Revolution ⓘ
hasImpactOn ideological foundations of the United States ⓘ
republican political thought ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution
includedTheme consent of the governed ⓘ
legitimacy of rebellion against tyranny ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
influenced movement for American independence ⓘ
public opinion in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
support for the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterEditions included responses to critics ⓘ
mainSubject American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

American independence ⓘ
British colonial rule ⓘ
monarchy criticism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
notableArgument a continent should not be governed by an island ⓘ
government is a necessary evil ⓘ
society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness ⓘ
originalAttribution Written by an Englishman ⓘ
placeOfPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-monarchist ⓘ
pro-republican ⓘ
publicationYear 1776 ⓘ
publisher Robert Bell ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of Independence
structure divided into several sections arguing for independence and against monarchy ⓘ
targetAudience American colonists ⓘ
workInAuthorCorpus major early work of Thomas Paine ⓘ
writtenInContextOf growing tensions between Britain and the American colonies ⓘ

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Thomas Paine → notableWork → Common Sense ⓘ
Thomas Paine → wrote → Common Sense ⓘ
poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine → relatedWorkByAuthor → Common Sense ⓘ
subject surface form: The Liberty Tree
Common (rapper) → previousStageName → Common Sense ⓘ
subject surface form: Common
Paine → notableWork → Common Sense ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
Thomas → notableWork → Common Sense ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine
Thomas → wrote → Common Sense ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Paine