A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias
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A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias is a late 17th-century political treatise by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun arguing for the importance of citizen militias and civic virtue in preserving liberty.
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Target entity: A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias Context triple: [Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, notableWork, A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias]
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Thoughts on Standing Armies
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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B.
Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies
"Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies" is a political and military critique of British strategy in the American Revolutionary War written by Loyalist statesman Joseph Galloway.
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C.
A Fragment on Government
A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
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D.
Militia Acts of the United States
The Militia Acts of the United States are a series of federal laws enacted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that organized, regulated, and empowered state militias and clarified the federal government’s authority over them.
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E.
New England colonial militias
New England colonial militias were locally organized citizen-soldier forces in the American colonies that provided community defense and formed the backbone of early Revolutionary War military resistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias Target entity description: A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias is a late 17th-century political treatise by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun arguing for the importance of citizen militias and civic virtue in preserving liberty.
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A.
Thoughts on Standing Armies
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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B.
Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies
"Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies" is a political and military critique of British strategy in the American Revolutionary War written by Loyalist statesman Joseph Galloway.
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C.
A Fragment on Government
A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
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D.
Militia Acts of the United States
The Militia Acts of the United States are a series of federal laws enacted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that organized, regulated, and empowered state militias and clarified the federal government’s authority over them.
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E.
New England colonial militias
New England colonial militias were locally organized citizen-soldier forces in the American colonies that provided community defense and formed the backbone of early Revolutionary War military resistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political treatise ⓘ written work ⓘ |
| aim |
to argue that citizen militias are essential to preserving liberty
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to promote civic virtue as a foundation of free government ⓘ |
| author |
Andrew Fletcher
NERFINISHED
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Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation |
Britain
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history of political thought
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political theory ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
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republican political theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arguments on the corruption caused by standing armies
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arguments on the necessity of an armed citizenry ⓘ discussion of the preservation of liberty through civic virtue ⓘ discussion of the relationship between property and military service ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
debates over standing armies in late 17th-century Britain
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post-Restoration British politics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance civic humanism
NERFINISHED
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classical republican thought ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
citizen-soldier
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civic virtue ⓘ civil–military relations ⓘ liberty ⓘ militia ⓘ republicanism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
connection between arms-bearing and citizenship
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militia as guardian of republican liberty ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
civic humanism
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classical republicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-absolutist
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pro-republican liberty ⓘ |
| positionHeldInWork |
advocacy of citizen militias
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critique of standing armies ⓘ defense of civic participation in defense ⓘ link between military service and political liberty ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork | writings of Andrew Fletcher on Scottish politics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 17th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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