Common sense

AcknowledgementsIntroductionWorks CitedThomas Paine: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextsCommon SenseAppendix A: Antecedents to Common Sense[John Adams], “A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law,” Boston Gazette (1765)[John Dickinson], Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1767)Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)Appendix B: Responses to Common Sense[Charles Inglis], The True Interest of America Impartially Stated (1776)Candidus [James Chalmers], Plain Truth (1776)Selections from “Cato’s Letters” [William Smith] and “The Forester” [Thomas Paine], Pennsylvania Gazette(1776)[John Adams], Thoughts on Government (1776)Appendix C: Political DocumentsThe Declaration of Independence (1776)The Constitution of Pennsylvania (1776)Appendix D: Paine’s American Crisis (1776)Suggestions for Further Reading