(Middlekauff) "Common Sense" written by Thomas Paine was one of the most famous revolutionary pamphlets. ... As more and more colonist begin to read Common Sense the more and more the ideas began to spread. "Common Sense" quickly became the inspiration behind the revolution, and some even say it was a precursor to the declaration. ... (Paine) This quotation from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense was the conclusion to his book. ... He uses this quote to help push his fellow Americans to rise to action. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Adams is quoted as saying that a "full one third were adverse to the Revolution an opposite one third conceived a hatred of the English the middle one third were rather luke-warm." ... A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he c...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate