Sheffield Declaration of 1773
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The Sheffield Declaration of 1773 was an early colonial American document adopted in Sheffield, Massachusetts, asserting natural rights and principles that anticipated the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheffield Declaration of 1773 canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
colonial American document
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human rights declaration ⓘ political declaration ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| asserts |
equality of men
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natural rights ⓘ principles of popular sovereignty ⓘ right of resistance to tyranny ⓘ right to liberty ⓘ right to life ⓘ right to property ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | American colonial resistance to British rule ⓘ |
| chronology | pre-American Revolutionary War period ⓘ |
| country | British America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdIn | Sheffield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateAdopted | 1773 ⓘ |
| describedAs | an early forerunner of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| documentType | declaration of rights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | other local declarations of rights in the American colonies ⓘ |
| genre | political manifesto ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | American revolutionary thought ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sheffield Declaration of 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early articulation of natural rights in colonial New England
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example of local resistance to British imperial authority ⓘ |
| influenced | ideas later expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | non-binding political resolution ⓘ |
| location | Sheffield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
colonial grievances
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natural rights ⓘ relationship between colonies and British Crown ⓘ |
| partOf | pre-Revolutionary American political discourse ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Sheffield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier colonial petitions and resolves against British policies ⓘ |
| temporalContext | escalating tensions between American colonies and Great Britain ⓘ |
| year | 1773 ⓘ |
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