THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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Farmers
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Shopkeepers
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Upper Class
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common Sense was an instant best-seller. Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120, 000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine’s brilliant arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects-digital file from b&w film copy neg.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Common Sense, Paine argued that it was absurd for an island to rule a Continent, that America could avoid European conflicts by being free of Great Britain, that London was too far from America to rule it, and that the King and Parliament would inevitably rule for Britains benefit, not Americas.