The success of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common …
Years: 1776 - 1776
July
The success of Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense in the colonies has boosted public support for independence.
The Continental Congress, at war with Britain for a year, had on July 2, 1776, had, with twelve affirmatives and one abstention, finally passed the Lee Resolution (also known as "The Resolution for Independancy"), which declared the establishment of a new country of United Colonies as independent from the British Empire, creating what will become the United States of America.
New York was the only colony to not vote for independence, as the delegates were not authorized to do so.
News of this act had been published that evening in the Pennsylvania Evening Post and the next day in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
The final text of the document formally announcing this action, Jefferson’s draft of the United States Declaration of Independence, is approved two days later on July 4, 1776, which is celebrated as Independence Day.
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Years: 1776 - 1776
July
Locations
People
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- Thirteen Colonies, The
- Connecticut (English Crown Colony)
- Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, English Crown Colony of
- Delaware Bay, Lower Counties on the (English Colony)
- New York, Province of (English Colony)
- Pennsylvania, Province of (English Colony)
- New Hampshire, English royal Province of
- Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
- Maryland, Province of (English Colony)
- Virginia (English Crown Colony)
- New Jersey (English Colony)
- British people
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Nova Scotia (British Colony)
- South Carolina, Province of (British Colony)
- North Carolina, Province of (British Colony)
- Georgia, Province of (British Colony)
- Quebec (British Province)
- Sons of Liberty
- South Carolina, State of (U.S.A.)
- Connecticut, State of (U.S.A.)
- New Hampshire, State of (U.S.A.)
- New Jersey, State of (U.S.A.)
- Maryland, State of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
- Delaware, State of (U.S.A.)
- Americans
- Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.)
- Rhode Island, State of (U.S.A.)
- North Carolina, State of (U.S.A.)
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