The Objections to the Taxation of our American Colonies by the Legislature of Great Britain, Briefly Considered
- Soame Jenyns (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay is a short pamphlet written by Soame Jenyns, published anonymously, in which he defends Parliament’s right to tax the American colonies. The work engages directly with the constitutional and political debates of the period — particularly the question of whether British subjects in the colonies could be taxed without direct representation in Parliament — taking a pro-Parliament stance against the colonial objections then gaining momentum.
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