THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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Thomas Paine is significant to American Independence because he-
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Ended slavery in the colony of Pennsylvania which inspired colonists to declare independence
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Encouraged militia men to train when able to better prepared to fight the Redcoats
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Spoke with King George III and persuaded him to allow the colonies to form their own country
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Wrote persuasive pamphlets that made the colonists think it was common sense to declare independence
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1776, he published Common Sense, a strong defense of American Independence from England. He traveled with the Continental Army and wasn’t a success as a soldier, but he produced The American Crisis (1776-83), which helped inspire the Army.
Detailed explanation-2: -By promoting the idea of American exceptionalism and the need to form a new nation to realize its promise, Paine’s pamphlet not only attracted public support for the Revolution, but put the rebellion’s leaders under pressure to declare independence.
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