Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense,” advocating that the colonists renounce allegiance to the British Crown and declare their independence from Great Britain.
[restored 7/3/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 18.