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In this sentence from Common Sense, what does Thomas Paine mean by "the makeweight in the scale of British politics"?
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In this sentence from Common Sense, what does Thomas Paine mean by "the makeweight in the scale of British politics"?

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Great Britain only values America only as a way to shift the balance of power in Europe
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He is making reference to anyone who has the power or abiliity to make theplates of the scale move favorably to them, British people.

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