MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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establish their own nation
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pay their colonial taxes
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obey the laws of Parliament
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form an alliance with France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common Sense was an instant best-seller. Published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120, 000 copies were in circulation by April. Paine’s brilliant arguments were straightforward. He argued for two main points: (1) independence from England and (2) the creation of a democratic republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1776 Paine wrote Common Sense, an extremely popular and successful pamphlet arguing for Independence from England. The essays collected here constitute Paine’s ongoing support for an independent and self-governing America through the many severe crises of the Revolutionary War.