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Summary Of Letters From A Pennsylvania Farmer

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In “Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer” John Dickinson was a determined single-minded founding father who wanted to protect the rights of the colonist and he explains how the colonist should of cut ties with great britain because of the way they were being treated. Dickinson feels that great britain was apathetic towards the colonies and all they care about is making money from the colonist . Dickinson wrote a series of essays that were published individually in 1767 and 1768 explaining how the british were taking control and he thought it was unconstitutional. The twelve letters explained how britain took away the humanity and dignity of the colonist and how they were getting taxed without representation. The people who read the essays were …show more content…

The tone of his writing was enlightening to the colonist because it told the true story of what the british were doing. He wanted others to see what he seen, for example, “This continent is a country of planters, farmers, and fisherman; not of manufacturers” (Dickinson, p. 92). He might of wanted the colonies to know their true self, that they are not to follow the british who manufacture and sell goods but the ones who cultivate crops and land. In “About the massacre” Samuel Adams used a figurative tone to explain Why the British soldiers fired their guns at the colonist who were defenseless and vulnerable. The british kept victimizing the colonist and they finally provoked them and the tension bubbled into violence. The boston massacre had a result of five deaths which were all colonist. The reason …show more content…

The letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania happened in 1767 and the Boston massacre was in 1770. The two documents stated that the colonist didn't like the british and the way the british treated them. The british had total control over the colonist and they had no say in the parliament, they were also being taxed without representation. The two documents were the same because they colonist were agitated with how many time the british provoked them. It started with the seven year war, then the british were in debt. They tried to make money off the colonist by introducing the stamp act. Americans got mad, The first document was different because some of the colonist didn’t stand up for their rights but many of them started to realize that they had to. In the second document five men tried to stand up for themselves but they died with integrity while trying to protect their virtues

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