Letter V

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Letter V is one installment in the influential series of political essays "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania," which argued against British colonial policies before the American Revolution.

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instanceOf pamphlet
political essay
aimedAt American colonial readers
author John Dickinson NERFINISHED
circulation widely reprinted in colonial newspapers
countryOfOrigin Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED
genre colonial American political essay
political writing
hasSeriesOrdinal 5
historicalContext prelude to the American Revolution
influenced American revolutionary sentiment
public opinion in the Thirteen Colonies
language English
locationOfComposition Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
mainSubject British colonial policies
Townshend Acts NERFINISHED
authority of the British Parliament over the colonies
constitutional rights of American colonists
imperial-colonial relations
taxation without representation
notableFor articulation of colonial rights within the British Empire
moderate but firm criticism of Parliamentary overreach
partOf Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment American colonial
politicalPosition defense of colonial liberties
opposition to British taxation measures
publicationPeriod 1767–1768
publishedIn Pennsylvania Chronicle NERFINISHED
other colonial American newspapers
rhetoricalStyle reasoned legal and constitutional argument
seriesTitle Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania NERFINISHED

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