Letter XII

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Letter XII is one of the essays in John Dickinson’s influential 1767–1768 series "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania," which argued against British taxation policies and helped shape early American revolutionary thought.

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instanceOf pamphlet literature
political essay
associatedWithEvent American Revolution (intellectual origins)
resistance to the Townshend Acts
author John Dickinson
authorNationality American colonial
circulation widely reprinted in colonial newspapers
collectionTitle Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
countryOfOrigin Thirteen Colonies
genre political writing
revolutionary literature
hasAuthorOccupation lawyer
politician
hasWorkTitleInCollection Letter XII from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
historicalContext pre-Revolutionary period in British North America
historicalSignificance helped unify colonial opposition to British taxation
influenced early American revolutionary thought
public opinion in the American colonies
influencedBy British constitutional tradition
Whig political thought
intendedAudience inhabitants of the British colonies
language English
legalTheme limits of Parliamentary authority over colonies
rights of Englishmen in the colonies
mainTopic American colonial rights
British taxation policies
constitutional arguments against taxation
movement American colonial resistance movement
notableFor articulation of colonial grievances against Parliament
contributing to American revolutionary ideology
originalMedium newspaper essay
partOf Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
politicalPosition opposition to Parliamentary taxation without representation
politicalTheme consent of the governed
liberty and property rights
publicationPeriod 1767–1768
publicationPlace Philadelphia
relatedWork Letter I (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter II (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter III (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter IV (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter IX (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter V (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter VI (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter VII (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter VIII (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter X (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
Letter XI (Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania)
rhetoricalStyle persuasive political pamphleteering
reasoned legal and constitutional argument
seriesOrdinal 12
workLocation Pennsylvania

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