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Common Sense : Addressed to the inhabitants of American, on the following interefting subjects

Thomas Paine

1776

Abstract

By Thomas Paine; Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.

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