Colonial support for independence intensifies with the circulation of "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine. Three weeks after the battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress meets at the state house in Philadelphia with delegates from every colony except Georgia. Acting as a plural executive, the group appoints Thomas Jefferson to draw up a declaration of independence, a document John Dickinson of Pennsylvania refuses to sign without first having a "constitution." He begins writing the Articles of Confederation, which finally gains approval after a year and a half of debate.

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Thomas Paine, Common Sense, Second Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, Articles of Confederation, lack of experience, taxation questions, American Revolution, The

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