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British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

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In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...