Common Sense was an immensely popular pamphlet by Thomas Paine that rallied American colonist to revolt against British rule. - AsNotedIn
As a long and violent abuse of power is generally the means of calling the right of it in question (and in matters too which might never have been thought of, had not the sufferers been aggravated into the enquiry) and as the King of England hath undertaken, in his own right, to support the Parliament in what he calls theirs; and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the Combination, they have an undoubted privilege to enquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the Usurpation of either.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1776/01/10 | Thomas Paine | Author | "Common Sense", a sophisticated argument for American independence from Great Britain written by Thomas Paine, is printed and sold by Robert Bell in Third Street, Philadelphia. | ||||
| 1776/03/00 | A half million copies of "Common Sense" are sold in the first three months. A half million people is about 20 percent of the colonial population of the American Colonies. |
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