CLEP U.S. History I 028: Common Sense and the Declaration
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 6 | Lesson 6.2 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, published in January 1776, attacked monarchy in direct, accessible prose. Paine argued that an island should not rule a continent and that America could gain trade and security through independence. He shifted debate from Parliament’s particular abuses to the legitimacy of […]
CLEP U.S. History I 027: Lexington, Concord, and the Move toward Independence
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 6 | Lesson 6.1 By early 1775, Massachusetts patriots had formed committees, stored military supplies, and trained militia. General Thomas Gage sent British troops toward Concord to seize arms and possibly arrest leaders. Fighting at Lexington on April 19 left militiamen dead. At Concord and along the return to […]
