Answer: To encourage people to begin thinking and discussing the way the British had been treating the colonies.
Explanation: Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" encourage people to begin thinking and discussing the way the British had been treating the colonies. Paine believed the King George and the British parliament were tyrannical and that the colonies should do something about it. Paine was committed to the cause of American independence and argued that the colonists' cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence. "Common Sense" was meant for the common man to understand clearly what needed to be done to get independence from Great Britan.