Common Sense was the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine which was published in 1776 in which he talks about why there is need for American independence and argues for self governed nation Paine uses the basic format of proposal and even after so many years this piece of writing remains of the best written articles in the history of United States Paine used the common language of the people which helped him prove his point more effectively Paine begins his argument with the basic and theoretical r