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Which two sentences in the excerpt from Common Sense by Thomas Paine indicate that Great Britain protected the American colonies for mutual gain?

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The second sentence in the first and second paragraph (that she hath engrossed us is true and defended the continent at our expense as well as her own is admitted, and she would have defended Turkey from the same motive, viz., the sake of trade and dominion)

(we have boasted the protection of Great Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest, not attachment.)

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