Common Sense: Text & Background

Common Sense was the work that inspired average Americans to move from being neutral about the revolution to being backers of it. Thomas Paine, an ordinary man himself, brought the intelligence and emotion to bear to inspire Americans as 500,000 copies were sold. Ben Franklin encouraged him to write the work. This analysis describes the historical influences, the background, his personal history, his quotations, and his importance worldwide, including writing The Rights of Man which inspired French Revolutionaries of the time. A listen for all Americans.