Project Gutenberg 2005-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 90 Paine, Thomas 1737 1809 Pain, Thomas A Letter Addressed to the Abbe 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 Produced by Steven Gibbs and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America" by Thomas Paine is a historical account written in the late 18th century. This work serves as a response to the Abbe Raynal’s commentary on the American Revolution, aiming to correct perceived inaccuracies in his portrayal. Paine critiques both the misunderstandings and misinterpretations of American sentiments and actions during this pivotal time in history. The opening of the text outlines Paine’s motivations for addressing the Abbe Raynal, emphasizing the need for historical accuracy in the context of the American Revolution. Paine argues that the Abbe has misconstrued the causes and nature of the conflict between America and Britain, claiming that essential factors leading to the revolution were either misrepresented or ignored. He asserts the importance of understanding the genuine grievances of the American colonies and critiques the Abbe's historical narrative as overly simplistic and partially erroneous. Throughout the initial passages, Paine sets a combative yet enlightening tone, indicating a strong desire to establish a truthful account of the burgeoning American identity and independence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796. Révolution de l'Amérique E201 Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 176879 2025-07-06T13:11:29.670020 text/html 173911 2020-12-14T06:53:06 text/html 175032 2025-07-06T13:11:36.493989 application/epub+zip 175050 2025-07-06T13:11:33.391033 application/epub+zip 123761 2025-07-06T13:11:32.113021 application/epub+zip 418411 2025-07-06T13:11:38.872001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404712 2025-07-06T13:11:35.639982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153846 2022-09-07T20:54:50.835179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159895 2025-07-06T13:11:29.291044 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159674 2020-12-14T06:53:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159666 2020-12-14T06:53:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21996 2025-07-06T13:11:38.999949 application/rdf+xml 26822 2025-07-06T13:11:32.608003 image/jpeg 4813 2025-07-06T13:11:32.359982 image/jpeg 59000 2020-12-14T06:53:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 62260 2020-12-14T06:53:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 58975 2020-12-14T06:53:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 172201 2025-07-06T13:11:29.687025 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia