Nonfiction · 1776
Common Sense
Published anonymously in Philadelphia in January 1776, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet argued in plain words, to ordinary readers, that the American colonies should separate from Britain and govern themselves as a republic. It sold in the hundreds of thousands within months and turned a dispute over rights into an argument for independence.
It is short, direct and still quotable — “the cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind” — and it is presented here complete, with its appendix.
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1737–1809 · Enlightenment
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