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The support of Louis XVI was a staff upon which, substantial as it was, the people of the States leaned too heavily.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The support of Louis XVI was a staff upon which, substantial as it was, the people of the States leaned too heavily.”
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Beveridge reflects on the reliance of the American states on foreign support during the Revolutionary War.
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