Resistance No Rebellion, in Which the Right of a British Parliament to Tax the American Colonies Is Fully Considered, and Found Unconstitutional: The Right of a Free People to Resist in Defense of Their Laws and Constitution, Asserted and...
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1775 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
In this essay, the author attacks the two leading writers of the imperial administration, John Wesley and Samuel Johnson. The former he charges with plagiarism of the latter, but then dives into the substantive arguments against both: 1) Parliament surrendered its right to tax the colonies by failing to apply it consistently, 2) John Locke shows that natural law binds government even after its creation and, 3) Englishmen do not lose their rights by going abroad to Ireland or America.
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