THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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The Legend of the Navajo Indians and the Creation Myth
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The Bible and the Koran
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Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
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The Manual of Life and the Manual of Death
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Virginia Declaration of Rights strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the first part of the Declaration of Independence. It later provided the foundation for the Bill of Rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and The Declaration of Independence both speak against the heinous acts committed by the British and the stripping of natural human rights. Some of these natural rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Both documents advocate the separation from Great Britain.