Show strange to say the be first fint suggestion or of american Ameri cao ao was male in england Eng landL in tho the london chronicle Chro october holober 25 1774 an elaborate article appeared entitled american Ame noan lu depond once tho the interest and glory of great britain it was reprinted in tho the pennsylvania journal tut lat there was no reb Altah attachment mout to the mother country survived tur the tea riots riota of that year and in lif arh erah 1775 franklin franillin Frai illin in ID formed lorl chatham that le be had bad never hoard board an opinion lacking toward independence from any american drunk or sober tho the drat brat argument merA for foroud iud p from the american point ol of view was from tho the pon pen or of 1 I alomas I 1 amab paine it was printed in ill tho the pennsylvania journal octher 18 1775 under the title A serious thought aul an I 1 over the sigo signature Illum anuil it pro presents a pries of charges against great britain somewhat resembling those of the he declaration and aid cone concludes judes when I 1 reflect on these lose I 1 Leti hebi lalo ato not for a to I 1 clieve that the ilia Almi almighty gity will finally separate abarr wil from rom britian call cali it independency or ahr you will if it is in the baue 0 god and humanity it will go on on juno jano 7 1775 hon flon richard henry loo lee to Con Cong grassa Tasa a resolution that the colonies are ar and ought to be independent A commit com mitten tei was appointed to propose appropriate action and nd reported june 28 through benjamin harrison congress postponed the matter until july 1 meantime appoint ing a committee I 1 o draft a i another to organize orga nizo a confederation end and a third to obtain foreign aid I 1 iho be committee commit fee on a declaration reported on july 2 A bare majority uin jonty in congress passed tho the on july 4 |