He begins with general reflections about government and religion and then progresses onto the details of the colonial situation. ... Overall Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" provides a lot of information about the discussed topics. Paine fights for America's independence. ... This is a good book to read to bring knowledge about how other felt about the colonies having independence and what they went through while they were under Britain's rule. This book was published 6 months before the Declaration of Independence was signed and I'm sure it had a major impact of the declarati...

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On July 4th of 1776 Thomas Jefferson drew up the Declaration of Independence, which would be the greatest historical document of all time. ... Because of the help of the French and Spanish the colonists were able to hold off the British and win their independence. ... For that I wouldn't change a thing about them if I could. ...

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At least this is what all of the textbooks tend to tell eager students thirsty for knowledge about the history of their wonderful country. ... On June 24, 1826 Jefferson spoke passionately about the American Revolution. ... On the other hand the problems, which fueled this revolution, remained after the war was over and independence was achieved. ... In fact, two days after the Declaration of Independence was written Landon Carter said, "If you free the slaves, you must send them out of the country or they must steal for their support." ...

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Amistad is about a group of Africans who were illegally taken away from their homes and were sold as slaves. ... The Americans were able to win this battle for independence, with the ideology or belief that all men are created equal, with inalienable rights to life, liberty and freedom. ... Slavery directly contradicts what is written in their declaration of independence, which concerns the inalienable rights of man, and they have bled for their belief in this. ...

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