Why Is Thomas Paine So Popular

Why have Common Sense?

On the day of January 10th, 1776, Thomas Paine, an England-born political philosopher and writer, created a pamphlet advocating the American colonists to gain their independence in the 13 colonies. Thomas Paine was considered an influential writer in the 18th century and his works are still talked about today. He called this pamphlet “Common Sense,” and was coined as one of the most “important” pamphlets to go down in history. Although many people were on board with this pamphlet, like Thomas Jefferson, many others opposed this pamphlet as it was a danger for “out-of-control government.” Common Sense was a very influential pamphlet because it helped sway the people who favored declaring independence for Great Britain,

After a somewhat rough life in England, he moved to Pennsylvania. He started his career in journalism working for the Pennsylvania Magazine as an editor, this is when he began writing, many of his first articles were published anonymously. At the time it was said that “the attention of Pennsylvania is drawn towards Mr. Paine” . People enjoyed his writings because his motives were reputable to the public. One of the main reasons Thomas Paine's pamphlet became so popular was because Paine, unlike many writers from his time, used a lot of, well, common arguments that average people could understand. This helped many people out tremendously because his way of writing helped people that could barely read, or have the ability to comprehend things understand his simple put arguments. He was the perfect definition of a “people person”. He realized that if he understood the people, and showed that in his writings, he could have them on his side and help fight for

This pamphlet was so important because this was the turning point for the 13 colonies. This inspired thousands of undecided colonists to start a revolt against Britain, and claim the United States for themselves. Although there had been some prior fighting in the areas of Lexington and Concord, the undecided colonists decided that it would be in their best interest to fight against the British. Thus the signing of the Declaration of Independence 6 months later. The Lexington and Concord battles were ones that the United States needed desperately. We had an angry militia take on 700 British soldiers, and win. This helped Paine also influence the undecided colonists showing them that they can win this