Who wrote the influential pamphlet common sense?
a. benjamin franklin
b. thomas jefferson
c. thomas paine
d. john adams

Thomas Paine wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense". the correct option is option "C" among all the options that have been provided in the question. It was written during the period 1775-76. It was written to inspire the people of the Thirteen Colonies. The people did get inspired and started to fight for their freedom from the rule of Great Britain from the summer of the year 1776. 

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Thomas Paine was the man that wrote the influential pamphlet Common Sense in 1775. This pamphlet made a great impact with the people in the thirteen colonies and inspired them to fight for independence from Great Britain. The correct choice it letter

C. Thomas Paine

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