On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
All Europe was interested in reducing us as rebels, and all Europe (or the greatest part at least) is interested in supporting us as independent States.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “All Europe was interested in reducing us as rebels, and all Europe (or the greatest part at least) is interested in…”
Editor's note · Context
Paine explains in "The American Crisis" how European powers' interests shifted from suppressing rebellion to supporting American independence.
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