Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was a political activist, author, and one of the most forceful advocates of American independence from Great Britain. Common Sense, a pamphlet published in 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, clearly and straightforwardly declares why American independence was urgently necessary. Critiquing British government as tyrannical, Paine argues against monarchy, including constitutional monarchy, and criticizes British rule of the colonies. These arguments are excerpted in this selection, translated to Persian by Tavaana. Widely circulated, Common Sense popularized the argument for American independence among the masses and convinced many doubters of the need for independence. The pamphlet was so influential that John Adams said, “Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.”
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