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Great Britain values America only as a way to shift the balance of power in Europe.
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His writings persuaded the colonists to seek their independence from the British government?
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense which helped people decide to fight in the American Revolution. So he was a good person for the Americans and a bad person for the British.
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In Thomas Paine's 'American Crisis,' the words of the British order are quoted directly because he was able to use one of the words 'bind,' to equate the British treatment of the colonists to the treatment of slaves. The effect was brilliant, causing even former loyalists to want to break free from Britain.
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