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slight at first and easily adjustetl had the rulers of P]ngland been wise. 

 But this they were not, and the first differences, widened by arrogance 

 and ignorance on one side, and by impetuous local pride on the other, 

 ultimately arrayed America against her mother country, England. 

 When, however, events pointed towards war, it was by no means a 

 United America which faced England. On the contrary, Americans 



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were nearly equally divided, one party counselling moderation and 

 patience for the sake of the integrity of the Empire, while the other 

 impetuously declared for war and separation. The radical party pre- 

 vailed, declared the independence of the colonies, and began the war 

 of the Eevolution. The party of rebellion showed a wonderful courage, 

 for they had to face not only the mighty power of England, but the 

 opposition, and later the armed resistance of their own Loyalist fellow- 

 countrymen. In the war which followed the English displayed a 



