Rights of the British Colonies
Otis wrote a couple of pamphlets in the early phase of the American Revolution which galvanized and radicalized the colonists’ opposition to the British Empire. In The Rights of the British Colonies Otis goes from an objection to a specific tax on sugar to a generalized argument in favor of natural rights and the consent of the governed.
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- Author: James Otis
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The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (Boston & London: J. Almon, 1764).
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The text is in the public domain. It was scanned and originally put online by one of the collaborators in the Internet Archive project [archive.org] for scholarship and research purposes. We have added tables of contents, pagination, and other educational aids where appropriate.
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