Letter I

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Letter I is one installment in the influential series of political essays "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" by John Dickinson, which argued against British colonial policies before the American Revolution.

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instanceOf pamphlet ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
advocatesFor rights of Englishmen in the American colonies ⓘ
argues that internal and external taxes both threaten colonial liberty ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolution (causes) ⓘ
author John Dickinson ⓘ
circulationArea British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
countryOfOrigin Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
critiques Parliamentary authority to tax colonies for revenue ⓘ
genre political essay ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
hasTitleInSeries Letter I ⓘ
historicalContext prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
influenced American colonial public opinion ⓘ
patriot leaders in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfPublication Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject British colonial policy ⓘ
Townshend Acts ⓘ
constitutional rights of American colonists ⓘ
taxation without representation ⓘ
medium newspaper essay ⓘ
notableFor articulating legalistic arguments against British taxation policies ⓘ
partOf Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOfMovement American colonial resistance literature ⓘ
politicalPosition opposition to British taxation measures ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1767–1768 ⓘ
publishedIn Pennsylvania Chronicle ⓘ
various colonial newspapers ⓘ
relatedWork Letter II ⓘ
Letter III ⓘ
linked to: Letter II

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (collected edition) ⓘ
seriesOrder 1 ⓘ
workSeriesAuthor John Dickinson ⓘ

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