THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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no one cared
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
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people wanted to find Thomas Paine
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the “silent member” of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration helped unify the colonies so that they all fought together instead of trying to make separate peace agreements with Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson was justly proud of his role in writing the Declaration of Independence and skillfully defended his authorship of this hallowed document.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke. Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 at the time of England’s Glorious Revolution, which overthrew the rule of James II.