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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