True History - Veritas Card # 21 (Red Card) - American Declares its Independence

America Declares its Independence - 1776

   King George was not happy with the American colonists now and the Americans still hoped that he would listen to their petitions and that they would both come to peaceful terms. But instead King George announced that American leaders were traitors. He said that when they were caught, they would be drawn and quartered.
  It was at this time that Thomas Paine wrote 'Common Sense'. He was thinking of King George while he wrote it. The pamphlet also glorified a free America and became a best seller.
  The Declaration of Independence was now being drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin made very little changes to it. The Declaration became effective on July 4, 1776, and it was signed by a majority of the colonies. Eventually, all the colonies did sign it. War with Britain was now inevitable.