Common Sense

💼 Non-fiction 💡 Big Ideas 🗽 American Classics

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January 1776: an English immigrant argues, in plain words anyone could follow, that a continent should not be ruled by an island. Within months it was everywhere, and America agreed.

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Introduction

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Of the Origin and Design of Government in General

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Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession

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Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs

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Of the Present Ability of America

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Appendix

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