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written at the time.
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"It is well known from the first landing of the troops
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that the troops' behavior was to a great degree insolent
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and such as looked as if they really believed
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that we were a country of rebels
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and that they were sent here to subdue us."
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Right? Again Adams is propagandizing
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so he's always saying things
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with a sort of extra twist,
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but what he's saying is,
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it was very clear that when the troops arrived
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they were treating us like lowly rebels