Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was the author of Common Sense, a pamphlet written anonymously to encourage people to support independence and a break from Great Britain. With this pamphlet he became a successful Revolutionary propagandist. He considered the English constitution to the root of the problem and wanted to turn all of the anger of Americans toward it. He blamed the king and the system that permitted him to rule. He also claimed that the island kingdom of England was no more fit to rule the American continent than a satellite was fit to rule the sun.