An Examination of the Rights of the Colonies upon Principles of Law
- Gentleman at the bar (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay is an anonymous 1766 pamphlet, published by a writer identified only as “a Gentleman at the Bar,” addressing the constitutional and legal basis for the American colonies' rights under British law. Written in the immediate aftermath of the Stamp Act crisis, the roughly 45-page tract falls within the broader wave of pamphlet literature debating Parliament’s authority to tax and legislate for the colonies.
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