5/7/2023 0 Comments Common sense published![]() ![]() Their ideas of grievance operated without resentment, and their single object was reconciliation.” Their attachment to Britain was obstinate, and it was, at that time, a kind of treason to speak against it. He later recalled his early impressions, saying that he “found the disposition of the people such, that they might have been led by a thread and governed by a reed. ![]() Paine did and arrived in Philadelphia in November 1774. Franklin suggested he move to British colonial America and offered him a letter of recommendation. In 1774, Paine moved to London where a fellow excise officer introduced him to Benjamin Franklin. Paine worked as a stay-maker (creating the rope stays used on sailing ships), customs and excise officer, tobacco shop owner, and teacher. On January 10, 1776, Common Sense, a persuasive pamphlet encouraging Americans to declare independence from Great Britain, was published anonymously.Ĭommon Sense was written by Englishman Thomas Paine, who was born in Thetford, Norfolk, England, on February 9, 1737. Paine’s Common Sense Published US #1292 from the Prominent Americans series. ![]()
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