The correct answer is Thomas Paine.
Explanation: Thomas Paine was a British thinker who participated throughout his life in the intense transformations that marked the passage from the modern to the contemporary world. After trying life in different trades in England and venturing into an unsuccessful marriage, Paine decided to leave for the United States to pursue new opportunities.
In the New World he undertook the making of a work entitled "Common Sense", which shot true petards against British domination.