Address to the People of Great Britain

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American Revolutionary-era text historical document political appeal political document

Address to the People of Great Britain is a 1774 political appeal in which American colonial representatives explained and justified their grievances against British policies to the British public on the eve of the American Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary-era text ⓘ historical document ⓘ political appeal ⓘ political document ⓘ
asserts	loyalty to the British Crown while protesting Parliament’s actions ⓘ that colonists are entitled to the same rights as Britons in Britain ⓘ
author	First Continental Congress ⓘ
basedOn	British constitutional principles ⓘ concept of natural rights ⓘ
circulation	printed pamphlet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
creator	representatives of the American colonies ⓘ
criticizes	unrepresentative taxation ⓘ use of coercive force against the colonies ⓘ
dateWritten	1774 ⓘ
documentType	collective statement ⓘ
form	formal address ⓘ
genre	pamphlet literature ⓘ political writing ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	British public debate on American policy ⓘ transatlantic political discourse ⓘ
historicalContext	escalating tensions between Britain and its American colonies ⓘ eve of the American Revolution ⓘ
intendedAudience	British public ⓘ people of Great Britain ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American Revolution causes ⓘ American colonial grievances ⓘ British imperial policy ⓘ Parliamentary overreach ⓘ colonial self-government ⓘ rights of Englishmen ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ
mentions	British taxation acts ⓘ coercive measures toward the colonies ⓘ
partOf	corpus of Continental Congress addresses and resolutions ⓘ
politicalGoal	reconciliation under revised imperial arrangements ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Whig political thought ⓘ
politicalPosition	critical of British parliamentary policy ⓘ pro-American colonial rights ⓘ
publicationYear	1774 ⓘ
purpose	to explain American colonial grievances against British policies ⓘ to justify colonial resistance to British measures ⓘ to persuade British opinion in favor of the American colonies ⓘ
relatedTo	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution First Continental Congress ⓘ colonial petitions and remonstrances ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

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