WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in January 1776, was sold by the thousands. By the middle of May 1776, eight colonies had decided that they would support independence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world. It was also designed to multitask. Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Declaration of Independence, printed by John Dunlap, July 4, 1776, Records of the Continental and Confederation, Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Record Group 360; National Archives. The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Detailed explanation-4: -They asked Thomas Jefferson to write a document for them that expressed these ideas. He wrote the Declaration of Independence which announced that the colonies were independent from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence also promised Americans three rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Declaration of Independence expresses the ideals on which the United States was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain.