Some Strictures on the Late Occurrences in North America
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1766 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
“Some Strictures on the Late Occurrences in North America” is a 1766 London pamphlet defending Parliament’s authority over the American colonies in the wake of colonial resistance to taxation. The anonymous author argues that colonial charters do not exempt the colonies from parliamentary jurisdiction, citing precedents like the Virginia and Maryland charters and Blackstone’s writings to insist that Parliament retains sovereign power over its plantations. The pamphlet closes with a warning against colonial disobedience, urging reconciliation while invoking a striking passage imagining Native Americans reclaiming their land amid European infighting.
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