United States Events and Connection Across Time

Thomas Paine writes Common Sense: Thomas Paine was a man from England living in America. He did not agree with the way that Britain was treating the colonists, so he wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, published on January 10, 1776. The pamphlet was written to convince people to rebel against England and declare their independence. This pamphlet helped lead the revolutionaries into the American Revolution, which had a huge impact on the United States and England today.

The American Revolution: The thirteen British colonies in North America were getting tired of England treating them poorly, so they decided to rebel. The thirteen colonies declared their independence from England in 1776 and the American Revolution started shortly thereafter. While England was growing and expanding in industry, they were losing their colonies that would later become known as the United States. Today, the United States has grown from thirteen colonies to fifty states, and England is an ally with the U.S. The United States also trades its industrialized goods with England and vice versa.