Declaring Indepencence

By the Spring of 1776, Piane's ideas had built a great momentum for the American Independence.

Noting this shift of opinion in the people, the Congress selected a committee to draft a document for America's independence and the reasons for it's declaration.

On July 1776, the 2nd Continental Congress declared that America was now independent. Two days laters they all signed the decleration. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the declaration and for it he used Paine's ideas and denounced the king as a tyrant.

"All men are created equal", was a phrase on the declaration that later on led to the civil war.

The declaration had many powerful ideas. One of it's most powerful ones was "People have unalienable rights", rights that could not be taken away. These rights were: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

After this came to the ears of the king, the colonists had to go through many complications. They went through 5 years of war because the British didn't accept their declaration.