![]() More were inspired and, for Paine's vision of America's independent future, he has been called a Founding Father of the United States. ![]() He argued the colonies should abandon all hope of resolving their dispute with Britain and declare independence immediately. Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. ![]() He vigorously attacked monarchy generally and George the Third in particular. Paine had arrived from England barely a year before. Addressed to The Inhabitants of America, it sold one hundred and fifty thousand copies in the first few months and is said, proportionately, to be the best-selling book in American history. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine and his pamphlet "Common Sense" which was published in Philadelphia in January 1776 and promoted the argument for American independence from Britain. ![]()
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