WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense ’ Helped Inspire the American Revolution. The 47-page pamphlet took colonial America by storm in 1776 and made critical arguments for declaring independence from England.

Detailed explanation-2: -The publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense caused a sensation in early 1776 as it explained the need for freedom. But it was a second series of pamphlets published on December 19 of that year that inspired a huge American military victory.

Detailed explanation-3: -He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain, theretofore an unpopular cause.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1776, he published Common Sense, a strong defense of American Independence from England. He traveled with the Continental Army and wasn’t a success as a soldier, but he produced The American Crisis (1776-83), which helped inspire the Army.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paine wrote two of the most influential pamphlets in 1776 which articulated and galvanized the colonists’ sentiments at the start of the Revolutionary War: Common Sense and The American Crisis . Common Sense was so widely read (or read aloud to those who couldn’t), it is considered the best-selling title of all time.