Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British…
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"Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies" by John Dickinson is a series of essays written between 1767 and 1768. Published under a pseudonym, these twelve letters united American colonists against British taxation by arguing that Parliament could regulate colonial trade but not raise revenue from the colonies. The essays challenged prevailing British views on sovereignty and became the most influential colonial writing until Thomas Paine's
"Common Sense," shaping revolutionary thinking while advocating for peaceful resistance within the British constitutional system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines), 1865-1942 |
| Title | Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_a_Farmer_in_Pennsylvania |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 51.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783) |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes |
| Subject | Finance -- Great Britain -- Colonies |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47111 |
| Release Date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1082 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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