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They started even-handed with each other, and went no faster into the several stages of it, than they were driven by the unrelenting and imperious conduct of Britain.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “They started even-handed with each other, and went no faster into the several stages of it, than they were driven by the…”
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Paine describes the measured response of the American colonists to British aggression, emphasizing their restraint until provoked.
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