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Explain how "Common Sense" was used as a tool in furthering the cause of colonial independence and win the war!.

I don't really understand the question!.!.!.
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It was written in a way that the 'common' people could understand it!.!.!.and was the first work to PUBLICLY ask for independence from Great Britain!. He basically said everything that the rest of the country (as it was) was thinking!.!.!.but was afraid to say out loud (due to the threat of retribution from the Monarchy)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You're in USAP high school class aren't you!?

Common Sense was a book written by Thomas Paine where Thomas Jefferson got many of the ideas of freedom from!.

I can't remember much, sadly, however my suggestion to you would be open your text book and re-read the chapter about the Revolutionary war!.

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