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The whole condition of America was thus put into the hands of the Parliament or the Ministry, without leaving to her the least right in any case whatsoever.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “The whole condition of America was thus put into the hands of the Parliament or the Ministry, without leaving to her the…”
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Paine asserts that the American colonies were left powerless under British parliamentary control.
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