Which text was first published anonymously as a pamphlet in the British colonies of North America but went on to become one of the most pivotal political expressions in modern history?
A)Two Treatises of Government by John Locke
B)Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin
C)The Federalist Papers by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
D)Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine first published Common Sense anonymously in 1776 as a forty-eight-page pamphlet, a common format in which writers of that time published work that was too long to be printed in a daily or weekly publication (like a newspaper), but too short or too poorly funded to be bound as a book. It was the most significant written work of the American independence movement. It sold more than 500,000 copies in its first year of publication alone. Paine donated all of the proceeds to Washington's Continental Army.

Which Text Was First Published Anonymously as a Pamphlet in the British