A Calm Address to Our American Colonies
- John Wesley (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
The influential theologian John Wesley uses this pamphlet to argue for the right of the British government to tax the American colonies at will. He also asserts that American objections to a lack of representation are groundless since to be born in a nation is to “passively consent to its laws”. Wesley voices concerns that the Americans have been innocently led into rebellion by the machinations of English anti-monarchists.
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