Why did Thomas Paine publish Common Sense? to convince Britain it could not govern the colonies well
to let foreign countries know the colonies were ready to fight Britain
to convince colonists that the colonies should become independent
to force Southern colonies to support Northern ones in the coming war

The main reason Thomas Paine published Common Sense was to convince colonists that the colonies should become independent from Britain. Common Sense was a pamphlet that Thomas Paine in wrote in 1775–76 wanting to promote independence from Great Britain to the people in America in the Thirteen Colonies.

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“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).