Answer: Our Founding Fathers did not invent the American system of government out of thin air. They, like the other colonists, were influenced by many different ideas and traditions. The biggest influence came from their British heritage. (Remember the colonists WERE British until the American Revolution!)
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The correct answer is 2) Election of Abraham Lincoln<span>.
The election of Abe Lincoln in 1860 resulted in the secession of several different US states. The first state was South Carolina, who seceded from the Union just one month after Lincoln was elected. In January, just two months after secession, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia all seceded within a few days of each other. This would ultimately lead to the beginning of the Civil War.</span><span />
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was a radical writer who emigrated from England to America in 1774. Just two years later, early in 1776, Paine published Common Sense, a hugely influential pamphlet that convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule.
