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Declaring Independence Chapter 7 - Section 2

Common Sense Written by - Thomas Paine About - Urged colonists to break with Britain Copies sold - 500,000 Said - Monarchs weren’t fair & that people should make the laws

Declaring Independence When - June 1776 Authors John Adams Ben Franklin Robert Livingston Roger Sherman Thomas Jefferson (main author)

Three Parts States basic human rights Listed wrongs done by the King Announced break with England Approved July 4, 1776

Choosing Sides Patriots - fought for colonies independence Loyalists - wanted to remain with Britain Other Worries Abigail Adams - (wife of John) - worried that women’s rights were not addressed

Declaration Ignored WOMEN’S RIGHTS SLAVERY 1784 - ALL OF NEW ENGLAND HAD BEGUN TO OUTLAW SLAVERY

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