During the Revolutionary War period Thomas Paine's Common Sense was important because it?

Answer 1

It was the first document in the colonies to openly declare independence from Great Britain and promote it.

APEX--it was the first very popular work to advocate independence from the king and from Parliament

Answer 2

convinced many Americans who had been undecided to support independence

Answer 3

Because it was short, to the point, and easy to read, as most American colonists did not have a university education.