num_pages: 112
description: Published anonymously, Common Sense was issued at Philadelphia on 1/10/1776 &amp; immediately became a best seller reaching an extraordinary circulation. This fifty-page pamphlet became the war-cry of the Revolutionary movement as tens of thousands of copies circulated thru the country. It called boldly for a declaration of independence; denounced the King of England as a "hardened, sullen tempered Pharaoh," "the Royal Brute of Great Britain"; vigorously attacked all forms of monarchy &amp; the very principle of monarchism; made the 1st appeal for an American Republic &amp; urged the colonies to establish in North America a haven of refuge for the oppressed peoples of the world.
language: English
title: Common Sense
titlecomplete: Common Sense
genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Political Science, History, Historical, Essays, American History, American Revolution, Politics, Classics
ratings_count: 35363
places: The United States of America
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)