Common Sense

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COMMON SENSE: ADDRESSED TO THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, On the following interesting SUBJECTS.
- Introduction.
- Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution.
- Of Monarchy and hereditary succession.
- Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs.
- Of the Present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflections.

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pamphlet by Thomas Paine, primary source

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Common Sense

Title page from Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, 1776.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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