Meet the Cast
American Patriots
Helping the WorldThomas Paine aims his pamphlet at any American who can be convinced that independence from the British is the only way for America to move forward. In making this case, Paine shows...
American Pacifists
Different TypesIt's hard to tell who Paine dislikes more in the book, the British tyrants who rule over America or the American pacifists who argue that the U.S. should accept British rule without...
British Tyrants
The Big Bad Wolf of this text is without doubt the British tyrants who rule over the thirteen original American colonies. And the one who's responsible for the most damage to American life is none...
Other European Countries (France and Spain)
The only other entities Paine mentions in Common Sense (apart from the Brits, the Patriots, and the Pacifists) are the countries of continental Europe: mostly France and Spain. He mentions them be...