. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. a, May, 1775. It was prac- 156 ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA tically a declaration of independence, as resolutions were passeddenying to Great Britain the right to rule the colonies until sheshould agree to their demands for justice. In the same year atRichmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry made another stirringspeech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, demanding thatVirginia be put immediately into a state of defense. Early in 1776, a pamphlet was published by Thomas Paine,a noted free-thinker. The pamphlet was enti
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. a, May, 1775. It was prac- 156 ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA tically a declaration of independence, as resolutions were passeddenying to Great Britain the right to rule the colonies until sheshould agree to their demands for justice. In the same year atRichmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry made another stirringspeech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, demanding thatVirginia be put immediately into a state of defense. Early in 1776, a pamphlet was published by Thomas Paine,a noted free-thinker. The pamphlet was entitled CommonSense. In it was the bold assertion that the time had comewhen the Americans must fight for independence from GreatBritain. This little book had an immense sale and greatlystirred the people, who saw in it the frank expression of whatthey themselves really thought, but were afraid to express. Inreply to the colonists plea for justice, King George called fortroops to put down the rebellion. The next news was thatEngland had hired Hessian soldiers to fight the .Reduced Facsimile of the First Two Paragraphs of the Declaration of In-dependence. 186. The Declaration of Independence.—In June, 1776,Richard Henry Lee of Virginia made this motion in Congress: THE WAR IN NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA 157 Resolved that these united colonies are, and oj right ought to be,jree and independent states. The resolution was seconded byJohn Adams of Massachusetts, and a com-mittee was appointed to draw up a Decla-ration of Independence. The Declarationwas written by Thomas Jefferson, of Vir-ginia, and signed at Philadelphia, by JohnHancock, president of the Congress, andother members on July 4, 1776. Thusthe United States of America had its Thomas Jefferson. beginning.
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