A Plan for Colonial Union

By Franklin, Benjamin

Book Id: WPLBN0000628146
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Title:	A Plan for Colonial Union
Author:	Franklin, Benjamin
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: LETTER II. ON THE IMPOSITION OF DIRECT TAXES UPON THE COLONIES WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT WEDNESDAY MORNING [December 18, 1754] SIR: I mentioned it yesterday to your Excellency as my opinion that excluding the people of the colonies from all share in the choice of the grand council would probably give extreme dissatisfaction, as well as the taxing them by act of Parliament, where they have no representative. In matters of general concern to the people, and especially where burthens are to be laid upon them, it is of use to consider, as well what they will be apt to think and say, as what they ought to think. I shall therefore, as your Excellency requires it of me, briefly mention what of either kind occurs to me on this occasion.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: A Plan for Colonial Union, 1 -- Benjamin Franklin, 1 -- LETTER I. CONCERNING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN CHOOSING THE RULERS BY -- WHOM TAXES ARE IMPOSED, 1 -- LETTER II. ON THE IMPOSITION OF DIRECT TAXES UPON THE COLONIES WITHOUT -- THEIR CONSENT, 1 -- LETTER III. ON THE SUBJECT OF UNITING THE COLONIES MORE INTIMATELY WITH -- GREAT BRITAIN BY ALLOWING THEM REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT, 4