EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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It helped form the U.S. Constitution
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It pushed American Colonists away from war with England
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It encouraged American Colonists to declare independence from England
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It didn’t influence the American Political system at all
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Detailed explanation-1: -Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Common Sense made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it. Paine relentlessly insisted that British rule was responsible for nearly every problem in colonial society and that the 1770s crisis could only be resolved by colonial independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -In January 1776, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) penned his famous pamphlet Common Sense, in which he urged the American Colonies to declare independence and immediately sever all ties with the British monarchy.