Summary Of Declaration Of Independence By Thomas Paine

The call for the independence of America was boosted in 1776 January when Thomas Paine returned from England to publish his pamphlet Common Sense whose main theme was a call for independence (Atwood, 2010). In his pamphlet, Thomas Paine argued for the need for the Americans to choose between liberty and monarchy and thereby establish a government in which every citizen had a right to be heard and the opportunity to succeed without being discriminated against. This set the movement for independence in motion and with time, the colonial legislatures distributed across America were transformed into State governments agitating for their independence to be recognised. By June 1776, the continental congress had set up a committee to draft the declaration for independence with members being Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin as the members (Janis, 2010). This declaration was adopted in July 4, 1776 sparking the beginning of the American War.
Britain learned of the declaration of independence and set out on a military expedition to reclaim their colony. This is a war that was fought for more than seven years before Britain acknowledged the fact that it had lost a colony marking the establishment of America as a sovereign nation (Ferling, 2010). However, the war against the Great
Faced with a mighty British army, it would have been unimaginable that the colonies could win with their untrained militias (Nester, 2004). However, they converted their lack of training into strength by creatively fighting an unconventional war that led to their eventual success. Another value that can be traced to the American independence war is the respect of human rights and respect for basic freedoms. These are aspects that the average American is accustomed to fight for without relenting and they fight for them both through the courts and through mass