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CommonSensewasapamphletwrittenbyThomasPaine.ItwasfirstpublishedanonymouslyonJanuary10,1776,duringtheAmericanRevolution.CommonSensepresentedtheAmericancolonistswithanargumentforindependencefromBritishruleatatimewhenthequestionofindependencewasstillundecided.Painewroteandreasonedinastylethatcommonpeopleunderstood;forgoingthephilosophyandLatinreferencesusedbyEnlightenmenterawriters,PainestructuredCommonSenselikeasermonandreliedonBiblicalreferencestomakehiscasetothepeople.HistorianGordonS.Wooddes...