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Put yourself in the shoes of an American colonist who is attending the Second Continental Congress as a delegate at the start of 1776, and who is strongly opposed to the independence of the 13 North American colonies from the British Empire. Give a fiery speech in which you summarize the main arguments of Thomas Paine's Common Sense and counter those arguments point by point.​

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Though American colonists were ultimately victorious in the Revolutionary War, they faced numerous disadvantages throughout the conflict. Other problems, like the lack of political unity or a stable currency, added to the list of American disadvantages.

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