Question

Which statement best completes the diagram?

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. The diagram is completed this way:

• Enlightenment ideas are introduced in Europe.

• A popular pamphlet written by Thomas Paine calls for Americans  to reclaim their natural rights.

• The Second  Continental  Congress  ratifies the  Declaration of  Independence.

Common Sense is a pamphlet by Thomas Paine published for the first time without an author's name on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. This pamphlet disseminated the ideas of the Enlightenment among American society, giving reasons why America should become an independent nation.

The criticism of the British administration in Common Sense enjoyed widespread popularity, which helped to foment the American Revolution. The second edition appeared very quickly, followed by a third edition, with a report on the value of the British Navy, an enlarged appendix, and a response to criticism by the Quakers, published on February 14, 1776.