Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation.

Thomas Paine was a British American thinkers , writers , political activists , theorists , revolutionaries , and radicalists . During the American War of Independence , he wrote a vigorous and widely circulated brochure , which greatly inspired the independence of the American people . Later , he was influenced by the French Revolution , and Mr . Penn wrote a human rights theory , one of the guiding works of the Enlightenment .