Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. A new edition, with several additions in the body of the work. To which is added an appendix; together with an address to the people called Quakers. N.B. The new addition here given increases the work upwards of one third.

Paine's famous pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Published anonymously in 1776, it addressed the general public using moral and political arguments that would connect American Protestant beliefs with the idea of natural rights to freedom.