THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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It persuaded many colonists that America should be independent.
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It instilled fear of war in the colonies.
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It convinced the colonies to remain loyal to Great Britain.
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It petitioned the king to end the quarrel between the colonies and Great Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Common Sense” is credited as playing a crucial role in convincing colonists to take up arms against England. In it, Paine argues that representational government is superior to a monarchy or other forms of government based on aristocracy and heredity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arguing for a republican form of government under a written constitution, it played a key role in rallying American support for independence. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.