Thomas Paine’s Common Sense stands as the utmost widely read & most influential record written during the crucial years of 1775 – 1776. When Paine wrote that “we have it inside our power to begin the world over once again,” he both captured the imaginations of colonists who yearned for unfettered freedom and sensed that this American Revolution could be a meeting of transcendent historic importance. George Washington was so impressed by Paine’s terms it persuaded him to stop supporting the Ruler of England, plus some allege that GOOD SENSE inspired Thomas Jefferson, as he wrote the Declaration of Independence.