EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Common Sense
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The Wealth of Nations
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The Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Detailed explanation-1: -The committee presented the final draft before Congress on June 28, 1776, and Congress adopted the final text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The British Government did its best to dismiss the Declaration as a trivial document issued by disgruntled colonists.
Detailed explanation-2: -In January 1776, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense, ” an influential political pamphlet that convincingly argued for American independence and sold more than 500, 000 copies in a few months.
Detailed explanation-3: -On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence. Two days later, it ratified the text of the Declaration. John Dunlap, official printer to Congress, worked through the night to set the Declaration in type and print approximately 200 copies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine and first published in Philadelphia in January 1776, was in part a scathing polemic against the injustice of rule by a king.
Detailed explanation-5: -Many colonists were angry because no one represented their needs in the British government. Colonists believed they did not have self-government. The British forced colonists to allow British soldiers to sleep and eat in their homes. The colonists joined together to fight Britain and gain independence.