250 years later, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" remembered for helping spark American Revolution

A Philadelphia historian says Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," published 250 years ago, "changed the course of world history." ...

Opinion: From reconciliation to revolution — ‘Common Sense’ and the making of American independence

Here's what you should know about 'Common Sense' on the 250th anniversary of the groundbreaking work's publication.

COMMENTARY: America’s ‘Common Sense’ revolution

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” a mere 47 pages long, “swept through the colonies like a firestorm, destroying any final ...

Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

The legacy of Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' on its 250th anniversary

250 years after Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense', what can we learn from the revolutionary work today?
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Opinion: Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' at 250. 'Propaganda in the most positive sense'

Thomas Paine's great pamphlet "Common Sense," which first appeared 250 years ago. The American patriots' inspired and ...
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Trump uses 'common sense' to make a political point. It has populist appeal

This story originally published on Oct. 22, 2025. The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the ...
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"Common Sense" and the Birth of a New World

"Common Sense" awakens the American colonies to the idea of true independence. On January 9th, 1776, the pamphlet "Common Sense" is published in Philadelphia. The pamphlet immediately becomes a ...