Letter Addressed to the Abb© Raynal on the Affairs of North-America

In Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up

By: Thomas Paine

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Paperback | 6 February 2011

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First published in 1782, this response to Raynal's The Revolution of America (also reissued in this series) by Thomas Paine (1737 1809) has been eclipsed by Paine's other work and largely overlooked. Written a year after Raynal's account of the American Revolution appeared in English, Paine's 'corrections' run to nearly eighty pages. His main critique of Raynal is that his argument stresses political theory rather than actions in the real world, an approach that lacks practicality. Paine argues against Raynal's assertion that the American War of Independence erupted over a tax dispute, and downplays France's involvement in the movement for independence. However, while attacking Raynal's influential work, he does so diplomatically, believing that the Abbe was writing from too great a distance to assess accurately the causes and principles of the conflict. This book has been hailed by scholars as the first of Paine's publications to demonstrate his internationalist views."

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