Common Sense JB Thomas Paine Copyright ???????????? Non-fiction When Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet written in January of 1776, American colonies were inspired by his work. Before anyone recommended the formation of a separate nation, Paine was demanding freedom from Britain. While the most extreme patriots were revolting against the high taxes, he was writing a manifesto which exclaimed that America was ready to become its own entity, free from Britain. His poignant and fervent …showed first 75 words of 942 total…

…showed last 75 words of 942 total…or livelihoods to the British, and still wouldn't fight for freedom, were cowards. More than just experiencing the events of pre-revolutionary America through a vivid description, Paine provides the reader with actual numbers. He equated the power of the British, and explained how America would soon surpass all countries as the leader of commerce and shipbuilding. Thomas Paine's logical, and at times mathematical, pamphlet is insightful and turned out to be an incredibly important document.