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title: "What was the purpose of thomas paine’s pamphlet, common sense?"  
description: "What was the purpose of thomas paine’s pamphlet, common sense?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-10-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51441/what-was-the-purpose-of-thomas-paine-s-pamphlet-common-sense  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
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# What was the purpose of thomas paine’s pamphlet, common sense?

What was the [purpose of thomas](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51198/what-was-the-purpose-of-thomas-paine-pamphlet-common-sense) paine’s pamphlet, common sense?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

In 1775–1776, **[Thomas Paine](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34802/what-was-the-title-of-thomas-paine-s-popular-political-pamphlet-written-in-1776-outlining-his-arguments-in-favor-of-american-independence)** produced [Common Sense](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sense), a **47-page book**. The main objective was to **persuade the public in the 13 Colonies to declare freedom from the Uk**. Paine marshaled political and moral considerations in simple and appealing language to persuade normal folk in the Colonies to struggle for the equitable rule. It was surreptitiously established on January 10, 1776, during the **[American Revolution](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35361/how-did-the-american-revolution-impact-the-development-of-canada)**, and it was a huge hit right away.

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It was regularly **marketed and circulated**, and it was **recited out loud** in restaurants and public gathering areas. It would have the **highest sales and distribution** of any publication produced in American history, in comparison to the number of colonists at the time (2.5 million). It's in influence now and continues the all-time finest [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52027/who-is-named-as-brand-ambassador-of-indo-american-arts-council-iaac) publication as of 2006. \
Common Sense publicly released a **compelling and passionate argument for freedom** that had hitherto gone unconsidered in the academic community. Paine framed Common Sense as though it were a lecture, connecting liberty with widespread dissident Protestant convictions to produce a uniquely American national ideology. 'The fiercest and famous pamphlet of the whole republican age,' according to researcher Gordon S. Wood. Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume transcribed the poem into [French](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62143/who-won-the-men-s-singles-in-2019-french-open-tennis-recently) in 1790.


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