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It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution.
In relative proportion to the population of the colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history.
Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of seeking independence was still undecided.
Forgoing the philosophical and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, he structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon, and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people.
He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity.
Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, " the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era ".
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