Thoughts on Standing Armies
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Thoughts on Standing Armies is a political pamphlet by American patriot Josiah Quincy Jr. criticizing the dangers of permanent military forces to civil liberty in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pamphlet
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political pamphlet → |
| advocatesFor |
civilian supremacy over the military
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protection of civil liberties → |
| associatedWithEvent |
American Revolutionary era
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surface form: "American Revolutionary movement"
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| associatedWithPerson | Josiah Quincy Jr. → |
| associatedWithPlace | Massachusetts Bay Colony → |
| author | Josiah Quincy Jr. → |
| countryOfOrigin | American colonies → |
| criticizes |
abuses of military power
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permanent military forces → standing armies in peacetime → threats to civil liberty → |
| genre |
political writing
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revolutionary literature → |
| hasPerspective |
anti-standing-army
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pro-republican liberty → |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century → |
| ideologicalContext |
colonial resistance to Britain
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republicanism → |
| influencedBy |
British constitutional thought
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Enlightenment political theory → |
| intendedAudience |
American colonists
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opponents of British military occupation → |
| language | English → |
| mainSubject |
British imperial policy
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civil liberty → military power → standing armies → |
| politicalContext |
American Revolutionary era
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surface form: "American Revolution"
pre-Revolutionary America → |
| politicalPosition | patriot → |
| purpose |
to mobilize colonial resistance
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to warn about dangers of standing armies → |
| relatedTo |
American revolutionary pamphlets
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criticism of British troops in the colonies → debates on civil-military relations → |
| workType | political pamphlet → |
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