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A writer during the American Revolutionary War period, known for her opposition to colonial rule and advocacy for women's rights. Her work, 'The History of the American Revolution', is an important historical document that records the history of the American Revolutionary War.

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“Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition.”

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Book:History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

Source: History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.”

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“The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.”

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Book:History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations

Source: History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations

“Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will support the prosperity & union of the colonies. On the other we have struggled for liberty & made costly sacrifices at her shrine and there are still many among us who revere her name to much to relinquish (beyond a certain medium) the rights of man for the dignity of government.”

“The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated.”

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Book:History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations

Source: History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations