Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer Analysis
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Stephen Rozo
Honors U.S. History
Mr. Hoffman
17 September 2012
Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer
John Dickinson’s famous pieces of writing were a way of addressing unconstitutional wrongs from the British during the time 1767 when several letters were written. Dickinson thoroughly explains his argument of the rights taken away from the colonists along with showing his respect for the British Constitution. He uses his knowledge of the unfavorable laws as well as what is written in the constitution to justify his reasoning concerning their rights as Englishman in America being taken away from them. As a result these letters became the start of petitions and calls for boycotts due to Dickinson’s argument of the British simply using the colonies for money and his value of every Englishman now in America’s rights. He made his discontent with the acts that only took the colonists money rather than helping them very clear throughout the letter. “What is this but taxing us at a certain sum and leaving us only the manner of raising it?” Dickinson puts up a major argument questioning the British manner of taxing the colonists on things that there shouldn’t be taxes on and then having the audacity to raise them just leaving the colonist in the same state of being when there was no tax at all. He expresses his thoughts on the stamp act and how raising the tax on printed goods would serve as any value to the colonist which goes along with his main argument of not seeing any true purpose to the raised prices. Dickinson’s dislike of the British’s conduct toward the Americans is well noted as he clarifies all the wrongs the British are doing to prevent freedom and in efforts to raise money for themselves by plainly taking it from the Englishman in
Stephen Rozo
Honors U.S. History
Mr. Hoffman
17 September 2012
Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer
John Dickinson’s famous pieces of writing were a way of addressing unconstitutional wrongs from the British during the time 1767 when several letters were written. Dickinson thoroughly explains his argument of the rights taken away from the colonists along with showing his respect for the British Constitution. He uses his knowledge of the unfavorable laws as well as what is written in the constitution to justify his reasoning concerning their rights as Englishman in America being taken away from them. As a result these letters became the start of petitions and calls for boycotts due to Dickinson’s argument of the British simply using the colonies for money and his value of every Englishman now in America’s rights. He made his discontent with the acts that only took the colonists money rather than helping them very clear throughout the letter. “What is this but taxing us at a certain sum and leaving us only the manner of raising it?” Dickinson puts up a major argument questioning the British manner of taxing the colonists on things that there shouldn’t be taxes on and then having the audacity to raise them just leaving the colonist in the same state of being when there was no tax at all. He expresses his thoughts on the stamp act and how raising the tax on printed goods would serve as any value to the colonist which goes along with his main argument of not seeing any true purpose to the raised prices. Dickinson’s dislike of the British’s conduct toward the Americans is well noted as he clarifies all the wrongs the British are doing to prevent freedom and in efforts to raise money for themselves by plainly taking it from the Englishman in