Reflections on the American contest: in which the consequence of a forced submission, and the means of a lasting reconciliation are pointed out, communicated by letter to a Member of Parliament, Some Time Since, and now Addressed to Edmund Burke, Esq.
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1776 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This text argues along lines similar to Burke’s speech on Reconciliation, noting the differences among colonial regions. Americans prize personal liberty from different but reinforcing ways of life. Aristocratic Virginians are bred to genteel pursuits, chief among which is the law, giving them a heightened sense of their legal rights. Among New Englanders, nonconformism in religion makes them especially jealous of local government. To coerce is imprudent, risking all the benefits of their trade.
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