To gain support for the revolutionaries. The story was exaggerated, but the American people bought it. It was used as a recruitment/propaganda campaign to turn as many people against the British occupation as possible.
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The Kremlin IS a fortress and a symbol of power
Orthodox Christanity HAS become the offical religion
Ivan did defeat byzatines but did not reject their culture
Russia peasants did not have more freedom than European peasants
Ivan the terrible DID isolate russia from the west
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More nuclear weapons makes you more intimidating
