The reason why Thomas Paine published Common Sense was to convince colonists that the colonies should become independent.
Thomas Paine campaigned for an end to British rule over the colonies when he published Common Sense.
In it he talked about how it made no sense that the British were ruling the colonies when they were both smaller and abusive.
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