Who Authored the Influential Pamphlet Common Sense in 1776

question 57

Multiple Choice

Who authored the influential pamphlet Common Sense in 1776?

• A) Thomas Jefferson
• B) John Locke
• C) Thomas Hobbes
• D) John Stuart Mill
• E) Thomas Paine

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