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what did paine's common sense do to the colonies?
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-made a strong case or economic freedom and self defense
-cried out against abuse of government -argued that citizens should be able to make the laws, not the monarchs -made people think the colonies should be free |
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how did the declaration of independence get started?
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-the second continental congress started a comittee to make it
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what did the declaration of independence do?
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-announced the colonies' break from great britian
-stated that all men possess unalieenable rights -king george 111 violated the colonists rights -colonists had the right to break away from great britan |
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what are patriots and their percentages and loyalists and their percentages?
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patriots- fight for independence 40% to 45%
loyalists- remained loyal to great britan 20% to 30% |
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what did the declaration of independence not include?
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-womans rights
-enslaved african americans |
